These first three spreads are explorations for a typographic and layout style of my magazine spreads. These are just the cover spread for the article. The article that I chose for the spreads is a combination of two articles. The first is a look at the Depression Era outlaws in general and the the second focuses on the Mafia in the U.S. The first spread was the chosen direction in terms of typographic hierarchy with the subheads and the page number placement.
I chose to use fairly narrow columns and a number of columns on each page to emphasize the idea of newspaper spreads and layouts. The outlaw culture of the Depression Era was extremely notorious and many of the outlaws frequented newspaper headlines throughout the country.
In this set of iterations I really wanted to get the gridded layout down to allow a nice amount of space around all the elements of the page. I do not want my spreads to be as dense as newspaper layouts. The first spread introduces the gangsters of the era and gives some information on the origins of the outlaws. The accompanying infograph shows the areas of influence of a few of the most notorious gangsters of the time. The second spread is a focus on the American Mafia. It gives general info on the Mafia and the Mafia during the Prohibition/Depression. The infograph is a timeline of Al Capone's life. The final spread is about bank robberies of the era and the capture of the most infamous of all bank robbers, John Dillinger. The infograph is a chart of monetary values that were tagged on Dillinger during his reign as Public Enemy #1.
I will keep these layouts essentially the same continuing into the next phase. Some elements will be introduced to continue making the spreads more visually interesting and ideal for the culture.
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