Starting from my chosen specialism in editorial and publication design,
my dissertation will be about design and publishing
Specifically I want to look at queer publishing and the role and importance of design within that
Within the full spectrum of magazines, books and printed journalism, only a very small proportion is devoted solely
to the voices of queer individuals (and an even smaller percentage of those actually get the content right). I want to examine the history, present and future of queer publications, from a design point of view. As part of this dissertation
I will explore zines and self-publishing as one of the main forms of queer publishing
And then as a counter I will also explore queer commercial publications
Sources that I have already looked at include...
I will analyse how they use aesthetic to validate themselves, and the problems that this causes,
favouring aesthetic over function and purpose
My essay question is: