Magazine Design: How to Create Impactful Layouts

Learn to bring order and clarity to stories worth telling by exploring the fundamentals of editorial design, from layout and typography to composition and imagery

• Introduction
• Foundations, Preparation, and Magazines Deep Dive
• Production and Design Phase
• Post-production
• Final project

Are you ready to engage your readers with content-led editorial design? Christopher Vickers is the co-founder and creative director at Extract Studio, a holistic branding design studio based in London. Christopher has worked with a wide range of clients including The British Fashion Council, Boxoffice Pro, Teeth, and designed the book So You Want to Publish a Magazine.

In this online course, Christopher delves into the foundations of design work that bring compelling articles to life. Learn the essentials of editorial design and produce your own feature article for a magazine from scratch.

• About Me
• Influences
• An Introduction to Magazines
• The Anatomy of a Magazine
• Our Editorial Approach
• Our Brief and Solution
• Typography
• Margins and Grids
• Content and Photography
• Composition: Opening Spread
• Composition: Layout of a Feature Article
• Proofing and Review
• Preparing for Print
• Additional Resource: To Learn More
• Editorial Design for Magazines