Fnews Print Issues

Publication Design, 2021–2022

Art Direction

Graphic Design

Publication

Illustration

Award Winner

About

Fnewsmagazine is an award winning campus magazine for School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and as the new art director of Fnewsmagazine, I am in charge for the designs of the monthly issues.

This is a collection of the print issues produced through 2021–2022, which brought us awards for best designs and illustrations by the Pinnacle Contest of the College Media Association, and the ACP Pacemaker Awards .

As students are slowing moving back on campus, Fnews brought back the print based format. As a result, our team's work flow was re-directed to adapt to those changes to reach a wider audience.

Click below to see the full issues!

Art Direction Process

Our team of 6 designers gathered and presented references and inspirations for the issue, and we discussed and narrowed down to a list of few concepts we liked and thought worth a try.

Inspiration for December 2021 Issue

Cover sketches for May 2022 Issue

Cover sketches for April 2022 Issue, by Ketaki Kulkarni

Inspiration for March 2022 Issue

Press Production

Each month, the designers and editors gather at the F Newsmagazine office to power through press production. As the art director, I hosted multiple rounds of critiques and provided design suggestions to student designers to improve their layout designs and typesetting.