By Zoë Deshmukh

​“Zine Machine” is an introductory course on the basics of magazine layout and design. Students will be guided through the design elements that make up a modern magazine, including color palettes, fonts, imagery, advertisement design, and page layout/design. At the end of the course, each student will have created their own magazine.
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Lessons

  • 1

    Intro to The Zine Machine

    • Class 1: Intro to The Zine Machine

    • Adobe Spark Video Tutorials

    • A Little Bit About You
  • 2

    More About Magazines

    • Class 2: More About Magazines

    • Zoë Post PDF

    • Zoë Post Survey (Complete after downloading and reading the Zoë Post.)

    • Famous Magazine Covers Survey (Complete after watching "More About Magazines" video.)
  • 3

    Choosing a Name & Topic for Your Magazine

    • Class 3: Choosing a Name & Topic for Your Magazine

    • Mind Map Exercise #1 - Choose a Topic for Your Magazine

    • Mind Map Exercise #2 - Choose a Name for Your Magazine
  • 4

    Choosing Fonts & Colors

    • Class 4: Choosing Fonts & Colors

    • More About Colors and Color Theory

    • Assignment #1 - Create Color Palettes

    • Assignment #2 - Choose Fonts
  • 5

    Creating a Magazine Cover

    • Class 5: Creating Your Magazine Cover

    • Assignment - Create Your Magazine Cover
  • 6

    Creating a Magazine Spread

    • Class 6: Creating a Magazine Spread

    • Assignment - Create Your Magazine Spread

    • Lorem Ipsum Generator
  • 7

    Creating a Magazine Advertisement

    • Class 7: Creating an Advertisement

    • Assignment - Create a Magazine Advertisement

  • 8

    Magazine Design Show & Tell **LIVE CLASS**

    • Class 8: Zine Machine Live Session

About Zoë Deshmukh

Zoë Deshmukh

Zoë is an 11-year-old native New Yorker, who enjoys designing magazines to share with her friends and family. She made her first issue of Zoë Post when she was seven, writing and illustrating it by hand. Food often plays an important role in her magazines; an early issue even featured a superhero banana! Zoë is determined to eat her way through New York City, an adventure she features in “NYZ,” a YouTube show she’s created. She also finds design inspiration in street art and weekly visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Other pastimes include dancing, reading (especially mythology and history), and cooking. Zoë attends Pono, a democratic, urban, and outdoor educational program in New York City. She hopes her class inspires others to express themselves!

About Subject-Matter Expert

The content of this course was created in consultation with Adeet Deshmukh

Adeet Deshmukh is a New York City-based designer, photography editor, and content strategist. He has a degree in photojournalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and in sociology from the College of Arts & Sciences, both from Syracuse University. His design work spans print, Web, and digital product mediums, across a variety of industries. Adeet is currently the Creative & Content Experience Lead at We the Future, a start-up organization, whose goal is to encourage young people’s involvement in the political process. Adeet's photography has been exhibited in solo and group shows in New York City, Chicago, and Provincetown. His photography has also been featured in various print and online publications.

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