Editorial Design – 40 beautiful examples and 10 tutorials

Editorial design refers to design for magazines, brochures, newspapers, and books. It relies on the creativity of editors and what they want for the cover and the interaction between sections, but a well achieved editorial design makes an astounding difference to your marketing – a positive one. It can in fact be the key to having readers or not.

We have investigated 40 high-quality examples for you, followed by 10 tutorials that will help you doing it yourself.

Be inspired! A good editorial design will certainly benefit your projects!

Überzeitung – Eine Liebeserklärung

Designer: Wolfgang Landauer
Type of Print: Brochure

© Wolfgang Landauer

Pantone Brief

Designer: Adrià Gómez
Type of Print: Brochure

© Adrià Gómez

Sham Shi Po Cherish Food Guide

Designer: Jim Wong
Type of Print: Brochure

© Jim Wong

Post Planjer

Designer: Studio AIRPORT
Type of Print: Magazine

© Studio AIRPORT

A5/05: Lufthansa + Graphic Design

Designer: Patrick Mariathasan
Type of Print: Brochure

© Patrick Mariathasan

Alex Atala

Designer: R2 design
Type of Print: Magazine

© R2 design

Motion Theater

Designer: Caroline Grohs
Type of Print: Flyer

© Caroline Grohs

Compendium Of Research 2009 – 2010

Designer: Ming Chew
Type of Print: Brochure

© Ming Chew

The Practice of Online Marketing

Designer: kommcollective
Type of Print: Magazine

© kommcollective

Design History Magazine | Pop Art

Designer: Anwar Al-Mutairi
Type of Print: Magazine

© Anwar Al-Mutairi

Type Navigator

Designer: TwoPoints.Net
Type of Print: Magazine

© TwoPoints.Net

Lemonade — Front cover

Designer: Sawdust
Type of Print: Flyer

© Sawdust

Children’s book – story and character cut-out

Designer: Luis Vanegas
Type of Print: Magazine

© Luis Vanegas

MONSTRES ! – BONBEK Magazine #4

Designer: Seb NIARK1 FERAUT
Type of Print: Magazine

© Seb NIARK1 FERAUT

Catalogue Idep Barcelona 2013

Designer: Querida
Type of Print: Brochure

© Querida

Agenda Universal (Photography & Editorial Design)

Designer: João Faia
Type of Print: Brochure

© João Faia

Graphic Design for Rainy Days

Designer: Studio 3 u.a.
Type of Print: Brochure

© Studio 3 u.a.

Illustrations: Raconteur covers Q1 – Q2 2012

Designer: The Design Surgery u.a.
Type of Print: Brochure

© The Design Surgery u.a.

Skateistan the Tale of Skateboarding in Afganistan

Designer: Allan McEvoy
Type of Print: Brochure

© Allan McEvoy

Aventuras na História ed120

Designer: Pedro Henrique Ferreira
Type of Print: Magazine

© Pedro Henrique Ferreira

The map of the future

Designer: Luca Masud u.a.
Type of Print: Flyer

© Luca Masud u.a.

Plan A+D

Designer: underbau
Type of Print: Brochure

© underbau

24//7 – Tel Aviv based Magazine

Designer: Moshik Nadav
Type of Print: Magazine

© Moshik Nadav

World Gesture Guide

Designer: Design Studio of Both
Type of Print: Brochure

© Design Studio of Both

Anthon B Nilsen

Designer: Heydays
Type of Print: Brochure

© Heydays

Do You Remember When This World Was Ours?

Designer: Justin Mezzell
Type of Print: Brochure

© Justin Mezzell

Yahoo Search Marketing Brochure

Designer: Caroline Tattersall
Type of Print: Flyer

© Caroline Tattersall

The Years are Sailing By

Designer: Tom Emil Olsen u.a
Type of Print: Brochure

© Tom Emil Olsen u.a

MAID IN CHINA – The story behind your stuff

Designer: Broothaers Elke
Type of Print: Brochure

© Broothaers Elke

Bachelor Thesis

Designer: Isabella Thaller u.a.
Type of Print: Brochure

© Isabella Thaller u.a.

Stadtistik – City Statistics

Designer: Martin Oberhäuser
Type of Print: Brochure

© Martin Oberhäuser

Festivais Gil Vicente 2011

Designer: Atelier Martino&Jaña
Type of Print: Brochure

© Atelier Martino&Jaña

LADOS MAGAZINE

Designer: PABLO ABAD
Type of Print: Magazine

© PABLO ABAD

The Flëve book

Designer: Olga Balina u.a.
Type of Print: Brochure

© Olga Balina u.a.

Wired Magazine

Designer: mustbeprinted.com
Type of Print: Magazine

© mustbeprinted.com

Eureka Magazine

Designer: mustbeprinted.com
Type of Print: Magazine

© mustbeprinted.com

H: Armin Hoffman

Designer: Rikki Morehouse
Type of Print: Flyer

© Rikki Morehouse

Araki – Editorial Project

Designer: fer cuenca
Type of Print: Magazine

© fer cuenca

LuckyRice Festival

Designer: mustbeprinted.com
Type of Print: Flyer

© mustbeprinted.com

Modus

Designer: The Design Surgery u.a.
Type of Print: Brochure, Magazin, Flyer

© The Design Surgery u.a.

 

10 tutorials on the subject of editorial design

After the tremendous inspiration given by the best examples on the Web, you can also follow with some instructions, tips and tricks to do it yourself. Mostly, the tutorials are about cover design but the techniques can be easily used for other content.

Teen Magazine Cover Tutorial

Designer: Orion Williams
Type of Print: Magazine

© Orion Williams

Layers Magazine 100 Blazing Hot Tips Cover: Part 2

Designer: christy winter
Type of Print: Magazine

© christy winter

E-book Cover Tutorial (Exclusive Tutorial)

Designer: jamey boje
Type of Print: Brochure

© jamey boje

Create a Vector Style Magazine Cover in Photoshop

Designer: Niranth M
Type of Print: Magazine

© Niranth M

Create an Explosive Cover with Precise Photo Manipulation Techniques

Designer: Wojciech Pijecki
Type of Print: Flyer

© Wojciech Pijecki

Create a Five-color Magazine Cover using a Spot Metallic

Designer: Mark Mayers
Type of Print: Magazine

© Mark Mayers

How to Design A Magazine Cover in Photoshop

Designer: loswl
Type of Print: Magazine

© loswl

Create a Magazine Cover using Photoshop and InDesign CS5

Designer: loswl
Type of Print: Magazine

© loswl

A Guide on How to Design a Magazine Cover that Will Stand Out

Designer: Ebrian Acebedo
Type of Print: Magazine

© Ebrian Acebedo

Make your own magazine cover in Photoshop

Designer: Mak
Type of Print: Magazine

© Mak