Today we were given our one word phrase or theme and discussed potential ideas for our magazine as a group. Our word is ‘trade’.
In preparation for the presentation of our first ideas, we have come up with three different ideas relating to our word.
- The first idea is to create a magazine about local artworks, businesses, and hidden gems that would be printed around the city. The magazine would be printed on walls and inside businesses around Manchester to encourage people to seek out other pages and enjoy a new perspective on the city, that they would otherwise have never known. Each issue of the magazine would cover a different city, and we would look at creating a physical issue of the magazine to be sold in single pages at the locations of the places featured. These single pages could be traded to create the full magazine or collected in full by seeking out other large print pages of the magazine.
- The second idea is to create a magazine designed to encourage free thought and the trade of information/opinions/ideas. We want to create a magazine that would print literally anything that a contributor submits. We’re hoping that this format would create a balance between the comical and the serious, the offensive and the family friendly. We’re hoping to have a diverse collection of art, design, writing, and photography that keeps the audience interested. The most important part of this idea is to create a magazine free of any censorship or mediation.
- The third idea we have is to create a magazine of portfolios designed to give new and emerging artists and designers a platform to market themselves to a wide audience. The magazine would come as singular pages in a box that could be taken out, and compared or put on display featuring artwork of featured artists. The magazine would be available in arts shops but would primarily be used to send to large companies as an advertisement for recruitment purposes.
Overall I would say that I’m feeling confident about our initial ideas before our pitch with Sue on Thursday.
Jack McCabe 