Project 2 Description

I always prefer a simple clean style in design, especially in a magazine.  I looked at VOGUE, National Geographic, and Food & Family.  Food & Family was hard to find a grid in, and I'm not sure if any particular style would work for me since it doesn't have articles as much as recipes.  I DID like their content page as it had nice images as thumbnails.  

VOGUE was interesting because their articles were relatively short but they put emphasis on key quotes, making the txt bigger and on top of the large photograph.  I think that kind of photography will be hard to use for this project because they are so huge but we'll see.  They also enlarge single letters, the beginning letters of paragraphs etc.  They use black white and red.

National Geographic was my favorite if we have to use large articles.  The photographs are well chosen and colorful and the copy is in clear columbs only broken by larger quotes which are in an accent color which matches the photograph.

In my project I want to use this idea of having a quote bigger and in a different color than the body text.  I like the idea of doing a magazine on something I enjoy like fashion or food.  The real question now is how do I MAKE photographs good enough and where do I find articles interesting enough that suit the photographs?  I suppose I need to find out more about the project before I can make any concrete decisions.