ZIG MAGAZINE
Three sections of the magazine "Zig" describing correlation between the concept of time, music and Shakespeare sonnets. Starting from the concept of "Time" and hand made sculptures, the philosophy of the three connected concepts are represented by the typography and the layout.
LOGO design
Part 1. Time
Concept: Time is change
All the life forms are constantly changing. People are changing, both bodily and spiritually. We are different in all phases of life, and the way we tell the difference is time. It’s a measurement, an indication of change. The glacier is moving little by little all the time, and that is the life of glacier. The change of glacier is its time. Rock is eating up by the wind, and that is the rock’s time. Time is not a concrete thing, and it tells us, hey, you’ve changed.
According to the concept, four sculptures are made to indicates the changes and phases of life.
Then, the photos of the sculptures are put into the magazine pages.
Part 2. Music
"Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music"
——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This part of the magazine explores the similar rhythm that can be found in both the new music notations and the architectures designed by Zaha Hadid.
Part 3. Shakespeare
This part of the magazine explores Shakespeare's sonnets. Typography is used to represent the iambic pentameter of the sonnets, which is the lines of verses with five metrical feet, each consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. Different fonts are used to represent different syllables, then the edited sonnets are used as artworks in the magazine. Here are several versions of sonnets:
Then here are the spreads in this part of magazine:
