1850
Monthly magazines gain popularity. They were general interest to begin, containing some news, vignettes, poems, history, political events, and social discussion . Unlike newspapers, they were more of a monthly record of current events along with entertaining stories, poems, and pictures. (wikipedia) Many of these early magazines take on the format that we now associate with newspapers.
1934
Alexey Brodovitch starts Harper's Bazaar in 1934, a cultural magazine that persists to this day . By varying type size and weight, Brodovitch creats a rhythm that carries readers through an issue. Text frequently mimicked the body outline of a model on the opposite page, transforming an article on trends in dressing intro concrete poetry. And above all, he used white space as a formal element.
1951
Fortune, a business magazine established in 1929 begins to set new standards for information graphics, ranging from simple charts and graphs to full-color, illustrated two-page spreads.
1971
Herb Lubalin, an influential graphic designer who launched "Avant-garde" was one of the first designers to shift from hand- and machine-set metal type to phototype systems. which meant that for the first time, type could be set in any size, and the letters expanded, slanted, or overlapped.
1980s
The release of MacPaint and Adobe Illustrator mark the birth ot desktop publishing, and within a few years, designers are producing awealth of new publications and testing out new magazine designs.
1993
The release of MacPaint and Adobe Illustrator mark the birth ot desktop publishing, and within a few years, designers are producing awealth of new publications and testing out new magazine designs.
The Influence of Technology through the Ages...
History has shown us that major technological advancements in the production and delivery of magagizine content played a major role in the evolution of page layout and design. While many of those advancements are incremental and minor in the overall history of printing, several milestones stand out as having the most impact on the layout of magazines. (Wynn, 2005), such as the way nineteenth century magazines incorporate visual genres available during that period. Later, the simplified production processes that emerged in the 1960s and the advent of personal computer in the 1980s granted designers with much more control and freedom for experimentation that greatly influenced the evolution of publication design. (Wynn, 2005, p. 20)
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