TIMELINE
Jan 2024 - Feb 2024
SKILLS Visual Communication Design
SOFTWARE Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
New York Times Magazine Cover
The task was to design a New York Times magazine cover under the topic, "The Future of Work." We were given 3 related articles to take inspiration from. The article I chose to focus on for this cover was titled "It's not the end of work. It's the end of boring work", an opinion article commenting on the implementation of AI technology in the everyday workplace.
This design was created for an individual class assignment in Design 166 Design Foundations.Some of the assignment's grading criteria included clear communication of the article's key concepts, appropriate form langauge (type, image), dynamic and asymmetrical composition, and visual/conceptual uniqueness.
Brainstorming
The first step of the design process was to brainstorm and generate several ideas, which I did through a mind map of 16 sketches. The highlighted ones are the ones I considered my "best ideas".​
Concept
While I pursued several ideas throughout the course of the project, the one I am showcasing for this portfolio is idea 16: "No more boring work" embedded in code.
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The idea started off as the phrase “no more boring work” being embedded in code, to represent how the invention of AI is supposed to be telling people that we don’t need to do boring work because AI can do the repetitive tasks such as “cleaning data” and “removing duplicates”.
Iterations
From photograph to illustration: I went through dozens of iterations before reaching the final, but here are a few along the way. The revisions made were guided by weekly critique sessions with design professors and other design students.
Complete Process Slide Deck
Reflection
This was a very stressful project as this was a high-stakes class (those who do well get directly admitted into the design major!) and there was a short project timeline. It was extremely valuable as it was my first experience going through a full visual communication design process. I learned both how to give useful feedback to my peers, as well as how to receive and implement feedback on my designs. Though it was a challenge, it was an exciting and satisfying project.