Newspaper Design: Bring Stories to Life
The Brief and Planning Our Pages
A course by Harry Hepburn, Graphic Designer
About the video: The Brief and Planning Our Pages
Overview
“We are now going to discuss the brief and create a rough page plan for our publication.”
In this video lesson Harry Hepburn addresses the topic: The Brief and Planning Our Pages, which is part of the Domestika online course: Newspaper Design: Bring Stories to Life. Transform editorial content into a compelling visual story that both intrigues and informs readers.
Partial transcription of the video
“The brief is a really important part of the process. Is the starting point for any project. and helps you to design with purpose. In the newsroom environment, the brief is normally set by the editor. They will brief the designer. on the content of the stories and where they are likely to go. It is then the job of the designer to visually display and organise these stories. enriching the content and aiding the reader's comprehension. This may be suggesting that the story would benefit from an infographic or illustration. or that a device such as a timeline may be employed. I hate to read his...”
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Course summary for: Newspaper Design: Bring Stories to Life
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Design, Digital Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design
Harry Hepburn
A course by Harry Hepburn
Harry Hepburn is a London-based graphic designer, who specializes in editorial design, specifically for newspapers. Growing up, he was always reading magazines and newspapers and eventually went on to study at art college. There, the then art director of The Sunday Times set a task to redesign the first three pages of the newspaper. Harry quickly became fascinated with newspaper design and was offered his first job in the industry by the same director.
Since then, Harry has worked for publications like The Telegraph, as well as The Sunday Times, helping them to tell important stories with his clean, concise, but punchy style. He’s also won several awards including the Society of Publication Designers Merit Award and the World’s Best Designed Newspaper along with his team in 2019.
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