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Qianqian Li                http://qianqianlihnd.blogspot.com/     

Editorial Flow

Countryside       These are very nice layouts you have here but im not too sure on the type, consider thinking of a different font or even a different place for it to go, your title should be noticed not cluttered around all your context.      

China Town        very nice layout but don’t forget about your margins, it looks like your work may be clipped when printing due to your images being so close to the edge. 

Abakhan              very suttle design, i love the layout and the colors reflect on the advert itself, also good use of imagery. well done

Typography

No problems at all i really like this piece. The body text might work better in columns

China Town heading could probably find a better typeface, the body typeface is great though. Bottom right section is abit hard to read because of the colour

Copy

Countryside       No mistakes, great thought        

China Town        No spelling mistakes, great punciality    

Abakhan              Well done! No complaints

Grid

Countryside       The layout is very good we like how the text and the images are balanced and work well together.         

China Town        The grid used is very similar but effective to the first with a good balance of text and images on either side of the DPS          

Abakhan              The advert grid is very central with good use of colour, also we like the text and how it has been placed at the side of the image.   

Image

Countryside       no problems with the images in this design, looks good.               

China Town        same as countryside looks v-good. nice one.      

Abakhan              prob my fav out of them all since you made the cloth dress(like) thing yourself, very professional.          

               

Final editorial design and advert

Layout for article 1 (Manchester Countryside)

Layout for article 2 (Manchester Chinatown)

Final advert of Abakhan

Final layout

So..this is the final layout for the Chiantown article.Although I think it looks nice,I still want to try to do it again in In Design.I think it will be more helpful with doing editorial designs.

More images

I selected these images on line and I think they are showing very strong Chinese atmosphere,I think it's easy for the audience to recognize the article is about Chinatown.

Chinese lanterns

Characters made of mud

Chinese Mammon

Chinese Dim Sum

Images from: http://www.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1G1SMSN_ENUK403&biw=1579&bih=649&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=Manchester+chinatown&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

http://www.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1G1SMSN_ENUK403&biw=1579&bih=649&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=Manchester+chinatown&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Manchester Chinatown

All images above are found from

http://www.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1G1SMSN_ENUK403&biw=1579&bih=649&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=Manchester+chinatown&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Based on some datum and information of Manchester Chinatown.I came up with this article.It is about introducing the appearance,shops,history and significance to both oversea Chinese and local citizens of Manchester Chinatown.

 Manchester Chinatown is a small self-sufficient block with rich Chinese atmosphere. Right at the front of the town, there is a typical torii decorated with roofing tiles and painted by festive colors. The drawing of dragons and phoenixes in the arch convey a sense of auspiciousness. The torii is a symbol of Chinese culture in the foreign land that binds the Chinamen together. It is a widely recognized indication of Chinese enclave in the city of Manchester.

Densely-populated with restaurants, supermarkets, clinics, law firms and so on, the town has everything needed for a comfortable life. The clusters of Chinese restaurants would fill the town with appetizing fragrance everyday. And the streets would be flooded with tourists in weekends.

The diverse cultural activity is also a magnate. You could buy newspapers that are transported here by charter planes from Hong Kong or mainland China. In lunar New Year or other traditional Chinese festivals, the streets of the town would be filled with people, both Chinese and others. They would participate in dragon-dancing and lion-dancing, laughing and singing for the celebration of a new year. The firecracker, the gongs and drums create such a joyful atmosphere that the wanderers would feel at home again.

Manchester Chinatown first appeared in early 1970s. With the support of local diners and the great effort of the owners, the Chinese dining industry gained great momentum at one time, the popularity of which also provided business opportunities for other service industries. The success of traditional Chinese service such as acupuncture attracts a lot of Chinese businessmen to settle here. It took only about 40 years for the Chinese here to build such a thriving community—Manchester Chinatown. It demonstrates the great diligence of Chinese people.

The industries, hard-earned by the Chinese people, were severely damaged by the financial crisis. Yang Juwen and Yang Jusen from Hong Kong, who are the founders of Yang Sing, the one praised by the English media as “the best Chinese restaurant in Europe”, saw their first high-end hotel in Britain going bankrupt in just 8 months after its establishment because of the financial tsunami. The economic crisis presents a grave challenge to the Chinese people in dining industry or other service sectors.

The population expansion of overseas Chinese gives new features to Chinatown all over the world. For a start, immigrants no longer restrict their choice of settlement to old-style Chinese communities. Therefore, many Chinatowns face the dilemma of population loss and aging. In fact, most of the Chinatowns is packed with people and squeezed in old city district. Ethnic conflicts and security issues arise time and time again. The Manchester China town is no exception. Today, the town is more like a “showplace of Chinese culture” for the reason that the initial purpose of Chinese people settling down together has been weakened and the town serves as a culture hub that attracts many local citizens.

Final layout for article 1

article layout design

Before starting to make the layouts,I did want to do it by In Design to learn more skills,but I found that I still got too much to learn and there's not enough time for me to practice.So I designed this layout in Coreldraw which I am a bit more familiar with.Based on some introductions of Manchester countrysides I found on line,I did this article which mainly introduces the road maps for visiting and I organized a list of scenery which people might be interested.