The project was intended to create a new mockup for the 'Kontakt' magazine. It aimed at responding to actual needs of the market and the public. The scope of work included creating a brief backed by analysis of the current magazine activity, designing the logotype, defining the range of typographical and iconographical resources, building the modular grid and typesetting of the first issue formally and content-wise.
The final result is 'zero' issue, which presents solutions of the new mockup and is based on the authentic content from one of the previous issues, using the visual materials created for the graduate diploma needs. The mockup is accompanied by a manual describing general assumptions, technical content and formal solutions.
'Kontakt' is a social-catholic quarterly published by Club of Catholic Intelligentsia (KIK) from Warsaw and targeted at people aged 25-50, engaged in social and political affairs and interested in hearing a new voice in the community. Due to the nature of the texts, its layout was supposed to be more 'transparent' than 'designer' in relation to the content. Every issue includes variable leading topic (Temat numeru) and permanent thematic sections. Layout is intended to differentiate these two segments by a varied column breaks (3 vs. 2 columns), different prominence of visual materials (full-page photos vs. images in smaller sizes) and different running heads.
The logotype is based on the typeface used in the magazine so that it is visually coherent with the content. The serif typeface indicates the serious character of the texts but it is humanized by italicized first letter.
table of content
one of the interview in the main section of the issue (Temat numeru)
an introduction panel for the interview: the information about the interlocutors, about the illustrator and a short bio of the interviewer
one of the articules in the main section of the issue (Temat numeru)
iconic system introducing the author of the text and the illustrator
the infographic related to the main topic of the issue, being visual divider between the main section and the permanent thematic sections
an articule from one of the permanent thematic section
navigation panel: the page number with the title of thematic section and the title of the articule
the examples the the layout in permanent thematic sections
bio of the author
an example of the infographic based on the grid in one of the thematic sections
