Bluszcz Magazine

" The magazine's content focuses on short stories and short articles by Poland's popular writers. A magazine intended strictly for reading should not disconcentrate the reader with unnessasary graphical content.
The magazine is ment to be mostly typographically "illustrated", making the wriiten word a key player. "

While I appreciate the bespoke design and the creative use of layout and type. I do not think their rationale is met by the project. They mention that it is intended STRICTLY for reading and that the graphical content should not dis..dis..conce... distract the reader.

However just from looking at these spreads I would say that it does indeed distract. However in a few of these spreads such as the 'S' spread, I think the type content has remained fully legible and in fact the 'S' is gentle and flows with the composition of the page. So perhaps the designer should have taken a look at the most successful layout ideas and worked further on them. Instead of creating what looks like several bizarre attempts to make the page funky.

Designer
Joanna Tyborowska