April 2016 – munn iskandar

+65

no staple 8 page mini zine

we had to choose what kind of zine we wanted to produce. a saddlestitch zine consisted of just 8 pages. a no staple 8 page mini zine allowed us to add another page at the back and only required folding

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front

back

inner front cover

1st&2nd page

2nd&3rd page

4th&5th page

back content (A2 size)

package

theme: the changes in singapore

title: +65 (singapore’s country code)

colours used: monochromatic colours and 3 pantone colours (below)

by taking away the attention from the previously coloured images, the focus now goes to the three vibrant colours in the zine. these colours are lively and easy on the eyes

concept: to showcase slant/diagonal images, for consistency, accompanied with poems/reflections/thoughts/feelings regarding this issue. of how everything is changing and whether we will even notice when they are gone

there is a reason to why the images, the texts and the colours were placed in their current position. the bold colours, together with the image is an extension of the diagonal line of the main subject, such as the train track

the 8 images at the back page further adds on to the meaning of the first page, and are arranged in such a way that they connect to the next image

getting there

there were so many ideas and directions this zine could go to?!

the possibilities were endless. however, what’s important was the concept, the images used, the layout, the colour(s) used, font, font size, placement, texts and everything else related. it was so easy to get lost in our own thoughts.

here are some layout possibilities.

this first idea (above) revolved around 1 main concept, also known as the how-to. it was about ‘how to keep yourself sane’ (while in university) and the spread was supposed to be tips on the topic.

these were mainly on the layout process where the images were filled up either half of the spread or part of it.

other title considerations.

however, i was quite grounded on what colours i foresee my zine to be. i wanted to make use of monochromatic coloured images and a few other colours.

the title itself took quite some time to finalise!

point of view

subject matter: newspaper

from the pov of a

1. painter

2. karang guni man

3. gadget geek

4. vase

5. housewife

6. homeless person

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painter

a newspaper, from the pov of a painter is to protect the floor

protection = condom (play of words)

to mix condom wrappers amongst the newspaper and to have a plain floor

to add paint splatter (textures) on the end product, with paint bucket and paintbrush.

colour theme: orang neon bg (bright and outstanding), blue paint, monotonous subject, black pen on tracing paper (hang)

composition style: more than 2/3 filled

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2. karang guni man

a pov of a newspaper from a karang guni man is a source of income

individual newspaper cutouts of ($amount) were collected and shaped to form stacked newspapers

a drawing of a karang guni man (clothing) was added, together with the trolley

colour theme: neon bg (bright and outstanding), coloured newspaper print, black pen on tracing paper

composition style: triangular, more to central

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3. gadget geek

a newspaper from the pov of a gadget geek is a device

an ipad was manipulated to form a newspaper, being read by a man

a drawing of a man was added

colour theme: neon bg (bright and outstanding), monotonous subjects, black pen on tracing paper

composition style: central

4. vase

a pov of a newspaper from a vase is a wrapper

gold was used on a white and blue ceramic vase

colour theme: plain bg, blue detailings, gold wrapper

composition style: central

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5. housewife

a newspaper from the pov of a housewife is a glass cleaner

a background image, a window template, a plastic sheet, a drawing of a hand drawn on tracing paper and glue stains (to show dirt on plastic) were used