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One of the things I had to consider with working on a set of 12 publications was how I would incorporate the design so that they work as a set rather than being complete separate publications. Being a creative lead publication, I wanted to keep the majority of the covers quite open to allow space for me to experiment around with for each individual issue, but still sustaining some sense of conformity with the design direction as a whole.

I think I'd be looking to create a brand name that would run across all the publications, which would allow me to free up the rest of the cover space for different designs. Below are just a few examples of existing/past publications that show how they've incorporated there designs into a set of publications://

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1. Anorak Magazine
 'The Happy Mag for Kids'
Anorak magazine adopts a clean simple format for their covers, utilising a specified space for a different illustration and a different issue colour for each publication.


 2. Foto8
'Photojournalism and documentary photography publication'
Foto8 has a simple format to their covers. The logo; which sits comfortable on the top left corner, and the rest of the space which often features an amazing photo that would be mentioned inside.


3. Eye Magazine
'International review of graphic design'  
Similar to Foto8, Eye magazine carries a very similar format to many other creative lead magazines. The magazine is branded clearly as being 'Eye Magazine' with the rest of the cover space freed up for a completely different cover art/design - something that I'm looking to work towards for my set of publications really as this offers a platform for each cover to be completely different while still being able to distinguish that they are a set.



4. Under/Current
'Under/current magazine is published by an open collective of artists, writers, stylists, photographers, poets and musicians which invites collaboration and participation.'
 
5. Grafik Magazine
'The Magazine for Graphic Design'
Grafik Magazine went through a series of rebrands of it's publication, so I've included 2 different designs to discuss. Previously, it's covers were dominated by an visual piece of work with the Grafik logo pasted onto the top left corner. But more recently, the covers have adopted a complete vector based illustration approach for all it's issues, a direction that's worth considering for my ideas really, as it's going to be a set of 12, it would be sensible to keep the format quite simple and consistent to start with. 


6. IdN Magazine
'International Designers Network'
One of my favourite creative magazines really, mainly as it focuses each issue on a very specific field of design and visual communication, while still following a set format. To me IdN has shown some of the most interesting and diverse range of cover designs, that both reflect the creative energy of the magazine while communicating what the specific issue's about. 


7. Little White Lies 
'Independent Film Magazine' 
Strong visual illustrations are the main focus of the LWL covers, it stands out from other publications but all carrying the LWL logo and details.