v2: final mies identity

t2: mies interactive editorial

t2: final mies editorial spreads

t2: mies editorial mock up

I changed my article to an interview with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe from the book Conversations with Mies van der Rohe edited by Moises Puente. I took Marty's advice in exposing the grid in the background and showing the structure of the layout in order to speak to Mies' aesthetic of bringing out essential qualities of architecture. Overall, I wanted it to look constructed and rugged; not too delicate and refined, but not too messy and cluttered. The spreads I did previously were a bit on the cluttered side, so I cleaned it up a bit. I think I need to incorporate more of my material from viscom and a closing spread. The last page seems like an after thought too. Still, I'm actually pretty happy with how this turned out! I've been feeling kind of uninspired and indifferent these days, but this design gave me some inspiration. Critique: illegible, didn't take the viewer into consideration, have a more logical/rational layout, make a distinction between title and quotes

v2: mies branding

raw, authoritarian, solitary, refined

t2: mies magazine

i'm struggling a bit with figuring out how to depict Mies' work/personality and the specific content of the article through the spread layout and design. 

Things I want to take into consideration: 

-Mies accentuates essential qualities of buildings

-the article is about how Mies' image was created and its implications (usually seen with stern face and smoking a cigar)

-how to break conventional layouts

-i want the design to be very structural and raw, down to its essential qualities

-maybe i could incorporate the grid, though still trying to figure out how 

-how to incorporate color

the obsessive repetition and newspaper-cut-out aesthetic seems crude and rugged, which is what i'm going for - should i keep going in this direction, or should i try something else?

other possibilities:
-exposing the grid and all the lines
-a more refined approach with ample white space

v2: mies issuu progress

i needed to redo my illustration, so i tried some iterations

< -- ended up choosing this one

used the photographs above for my lettermark, logotype, and symbol

i wanted the texture that is naturally formed when using the letterpress, so I tried that for the business card...

t2: two iterations on mies

v2: identified progress

Mies van der Rohe