Imperium Magazine

Brief: This is a beginners magazine designed as an introduction to the Warhammer 40,000 hobby. As a partworks magazine, it has pull out pages that are to be filed away in a binder by the collector and should feature a reference system in order to guide the collector in organising their pages. The target customers are 12 years old to adult and either new or lapsed collectors of Warhammer 40,000. The magazine should be fun and exciting, with short amounts of text.

My Role: As the senior designer, I was responsible for creating the look and feel of the magazine, creating templates, master documents and production process. I worked in tandem with another designer, I worked on odd numbered magazines and he would work on the even numbers. It was important to continually communicate and ensure all master documents were kept up to date in order to keep the design consistent across the collection.Our team consists of a Product Developer who creates the plans for each issue, a Writer who creates all the text, a photographer who paints and photographs the miniatures for the paint guide and a team of two designers who work together on a magazine each.

Design Concept: The look and art of the magazine is taken from the main Warhammer 40,000 range, we re-use the assets to make our product while keeping it fun, colourful and simple so as not to deter new customers from starting the hobby.