New York Times Magazine Cover

The assignment was to create an asymmetrical and dynamic New York Times Magazine cover capturing loneliness. Two final designs were submitted and should be two separate ideas.

9 in x 11 in

Digital color photo and digital color print

Design 166: Design Foundations

Instructors: Karen Cheng, Dominic Muren

First ideas

A list for the first 15 ideas I had for photographing loneliness.

First drawings

The first drawings I created for the scenes I wanted to shoot for my photos. This part of the process helped me picture what ideas I wanted to execute.

First 2 photos

Two of the six original cover designs I created for this project.

Third and fourth photos

The third and fourth designs of the original six.

Fifth and sixth photos

The fifth and sixth designs of the original six.

First 2 of 4 new designs

First two designs of four new designs that were created after the original six.

Second 2 of 4 new designs

Second two of four new designs after the original designs. My goal was to take photos that better captured the idea of loneliness as I felt the first designs weren't very effective in this way.

Mindmap and new cover ideas

At this point in the process, I needed to brainstorm more ideas so I created a mindmap. This gave me inspiration for more designs I could try.

New designs

Two new designs after mind map and brainstorming more cover ideas.

Final designs

The final design for a New York Times Magazine cover. After a little more editing and taking a few more photos, I was able to finalize four designs to submit. The remaining three designs can be seen below.