Isolation Magazine was a project that was made to make underground alternative news in New Zealand easier to find. Information on latest trends, gigs, fashion, etc. is hard to find when it comes to the alternative scene in NZ, and the aim of this magazine was to bring light to this issue.

This project was mainly focused on refining my magazine design and experimenting with typography in a set grid layout. I also experimented a lot with grunge graphics, photography, and an overall alternative style in order to represent the contents of the magazine visually.

Since Isolation Magazine was a project was all about the alternative scene, many visual aspects of this project were heavily inspired by already existing principles within the worldwide alternative community. Things like a blood red colour for the main highlights, scratchy and edgy typography, a paper cut-out theme (reminiscent of old-school punk culture) and more.

Since the alternative scene is all about modifying mainstream media into something a little bit more edgy, it was hard to find the perfect line between modern mainstream design and alternative grungy design. I feel like I accomplished this task rather well and made final outcomes that portrayed both sides of design without clashing and interfering with each other, proving that alternative design doesn’t always have to be so abstract.