This project we were assigned a famous designer and we had to design magazine spreads based on their style. I chose to focus on Rands color pallet of primary colors and his geometric feel to his designs. He also is very simple when it comes to his designs as he specializes in mostly logos. I wanted to do something fun with the images I included so I put them on an angle and added a background that was not lined up with the image. 

This project we each picked an area of the world that we wanted to make a travel magazine for. I chose Russia as it is close to my heart because I was born there. St. Basils Cathedral is the most known landmark in Moscow so I wanted it to be the focal point of the cover. I did not want just a standard picture however so I chose to focus in on one of the union domes. I used this picture to take up half of the page and the title with part of the article for the other half. I chose the dark green color that is featured in the union dome as well as the rest of that part of the cathedral. I then added a paragraph that had a quote that sliced it in have to give visual interest. For the second spread I chose to have the map take up the whole page to give the best viewing ability to the reader. I added a small paragraph at the top with some information. Then I wanted to balance out the page with a picture at the bottom where as the picture was at the top on page 2. I added a subtle low opacity silhouette of Russia in the background to give visual interest and a green bar to add something to the space in between the text and the image as well as bringing in the shape from the previous page.