Learning Goals
Students will be able to investigate independent zines and small-run publications by analyzing examples for audience, voice, visual identity, and purpose.
Students will be able to synthesize user and community evidence by conducting interviews, observations, and comparisons that inform the Noyo zine's identity and theme.
Students will be able to define a clear inaugural theme and editorial direction for the Noyo zine by translating student, staff, and alumni interests into a shared publishing purpose.
Students will be able to write and distribute a professional call for submissions that communicates theme, eligibility, deadlines, guidelines, and expectations for contributors.
Students will be able to curate and justify selected submissions by evaluating creative work for fit, school appropriateness, representation, and publication quality.
Students will be able to prototype zine layouts and cover concepts by experimenting with page size, typography, margins, image placement, and sequencing.
Students will be able to calculate printing and pricing decisions by estimating costs, quantity, break-even point, and possible sales revenue for the inaugural issue.
Students will be able to refine and present a community outreach pitch by researching potential local outlets and communicating why the Noyo zine is a strong fit for sale or distribution.
Products
Individual Zine Reader’s Notebook and Prototype Spread
Each student will create a research notebook documenting firsthand observations of zines and a short individualized prototype spread that turns one user insight into a testable page or cover concept. The artifact must show how the student's evidence informed a design decision and what they would revise next.
Noyo Inaugural Zine, Submission Call, and Community Pitch Package
The team will produce the printed first issue of the Noyo zine along with the call for submissions, editorial rationale, and a community-facing pitch for a local outlet. The package should show how individual research and prototypes informed the shared problem statement, final layout, pricing, and distribution plan.
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