P.O.S.H magazine

This is an old first year project. We had a brief to design a local magazine for Plymouth. I decided to base the magazine on Plymouth's boat scene as it is a huge influence on the infrastructure of the city both historically and now. We were asked to brand the magazine and make the first issue with a cover, contents page and an article that ran retro, spread, verso.

I called the magazine POSH, as the word posh is thought to have derived from the 1800's where the rich would sit on the port side of the boats on the trading routes to Africa and the starboard side on the way back in order to catch the sunrise in the morning. Port Out Starboard Home.

This also pushed me try to give the magazine a 'posh' feel in the way it is laid out and presented.

I based the article on 'Plymouth Race Week' which is due for the first time in the summer of 2011 and will be a landmark event for Plymouth, bringing in spectators and competitors from around the globe.