Student Brief
Create a triple page spread and cover for Time Out Magazines 'Unconventional Travel Destinations'; providing a dynamic design and showing locations in a new light, compared to the usual travel brochures/literature.
Solution
Provide a contemporary design for the magazine, reflecting on it's counter-culture title and creating a visual language that speaks to it's demographic, wishing to disconnect from the rest of the world.
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The imagery is meant to convey the dream-like scenery of the vast landscapes, whilst also mimicking the reflection of the train car windows.
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The colours used were to highlight the bright, natural tones of nature, like the golden hours of the sun, the sky, fields and crystal lakes. I wanted to contrast it with the usual dull greys and browns of the mountains and heavy industrial sights of the Trans-Siberian railway.
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