#DDDSG ZINE DESIGN PROCESS

FIRST DRAFT OF MY ZINE 

The first draft of the zine was printed out on the normal paper. The theme is celebrating design at HV neighborhood based on the new research and observation at the annual event at Holland Village during the Singapore Design Week.

However, the first draft is lacking in the “celebrating design elements”. Also, it seems to be a zine for children instead of design lovers. Moreover, the design style is not consistent, and the pages seem to be stand-alone posters. Thus, I worked on the narrative and style for the second draft.

SECOND DRAFT OF MY ZINE 

Photos OF #DDDSG

I started to filter the photos that I took at the event to find the focus of my zine. I decided to pay more attention to one of the houses that opened for the exhibition. That house was opened for EYEYAH!, which showcased works including t-shirts, painting, and installations of over 30 artists. At the second floor, there is one room where the visitor could use the VR googles to find the logo of the exhibition around the room. I was able to capture a moment that a little girl was playing with it.

I decided to use the VR google in my zine cover to make it fun and eye-catching.

I also used the elements and colours on the street for the zine design.

Further, another room in this house has walls of artworks done by artist and the visitors are free to draw and write on the wall. It gave me inspiration for the style of my zine design.

INSPIRATIONS

Combinophy is a photography series made by Romanian graphic designer Cristiana Costin. After having captured daily life scenes, she combines her analog photographs with digital illustrations, transforming images into surreal settings
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MY ZINE DESIGN process
Cover Page
3rd & 4th Pages

The pattern is created for the location Chip Bee Garden. I used the elements from the chip, bee, and garden (flower).

 

TEST PRINT

I test printed the first four pages on different papers with different printers.

The Marble White 120gsm paper seems to be the ideal paper out of all. It gives the metallic effect which matches the theme of the zine design.

Feedback

The title of the cover page is not interesting enough to match the zine design. I might think of a new one instead of putting the name of the location. Also, I will explore more different handwriting title font to get the one that matches the text font. Moreover, the style will be spread into the rest of the pages. Lastly, adjust the composition to achieve the visual hierarchy.

Bella NO.2

This is not my main laptop, so the desktop is less messy. Ever since I have a digital identity. I always show the different side of myself. Just like the difference between my main laptop desktop and this. I use my main laptop mostly for my design work. There are my old design files, a lot of software, current school project and freelance work. In contrast, this MacBook is what I bring around for class, meeting, and trip. I just left the wallpaper as the default setting and keep it as clean as possible. As it is more like part of my image to the public.

Zine Research – Holland Village

 

REFLECTION

I had trips to Holland Village during the day and night. I planned to create the atmosphere of Holland Village using abstract forms.  However, I only capture the general ideas of Hollan Village which are known by the majority, and uninteresting. Thus, I decided to explore the street party event at Holland Village and find out the unique side of Holland Village.