Barbie History Zine

Programs: Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign

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With this project, I had to take a topic, conduct research and write an essay on the topic, and lastly, design a 16-page zine. The topic had to be diverse and celebrate the fact that there's more than just straight, white men in the graphic design field. For my zine, I decided to go with Barbie because Barbie is a major icon for women of all ages. Especially, since Barbie's entire slogan is that girls can become anything. In my zine, I included icons associated with Barbie, such as lipstick, a high heel, and her iconic ponytail. I focused on the history, the creator, and rise of Barbie. Different versions of pink, including the well-known Barbie hot pink, were used to make sure the zine screamed Barbie. I incorporated various text and image layouts to maintain the viewer's attention, such as using an image of an Barbie doll as the page background and then laying text and icons on top of it.