VLab Creative Media Solutions

23/06/2018

Mastery of visual hierarchy principles gives your design work the maximum visual impact it needs.

Visual hierarchy is the arrangement and presentation of design elements in order of their importance. It influences the order in which the human eye perceives the information that is being displayed. A simple example would be a business card – the name of the organisation is usually the most promi...

11/02/2018

Here's Volume 3 of Busmen Review featuring the successful run of Ceres Busmen FC in the AFC Champions League. Congratulations!

Giant Killers

20/12/2017

Issue No. 2 of BUSMEN REVIEW - The Official Magazine of Ceres-Negros FC (Editorial Design by VLab Creatives)

The Official Magazine of Ceres-Negros FC

03/11/2017

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01/11/2017

PRO-TIP WEDNESDAY:
Effective font pairings not only direct your readers from one idea to another, they also give your work a unique personality.

Designers often spend a lot of time deciding which typefaces to pair up and most sites just give one-sentence examples that don’t offer a real preview of what the text will look like. To make life easier for everyone, the team at Milo Themes has created a set of mock-ups that show different Google F...

30/10/2017

Dr. Mario Garcia is considered as "the most important newspaper designer in the world" by various international news organizations. Throughout the course of his life, he has worked on the design of more than 450 publications worldwide, including the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Here are some words of wisdom from this visionary and leader in the field of visual journalism.

28/10/2017

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26/10/2017

VLab Creatives congratulates FORTIBUS, the Official Publication of PAREF Northfield School for Boys for being hailed again as the BEST HIGH SCHOOL ORGAN in the prestigious CATHOLIC MASS MEDIA AWARDS held at the Star Theater, Star City, Pasay City on October 25, 2017.

16/10/2017

Food for thought as we continue to add more VALUE to our VISION. Here's one from Jacek Utko, a multiawarded news and graphic designer.

20/09/2017

PRO TIP: Creating Modular Guides in InDesign

Modular grids are the building blocks of beautiful and reader-friendly graphic designs and page layouts. Here is a simple and easy-to-follow guide on how you can create your own workable modular grid template.

Modular grids play a fundamental role in the foundation of graphic design and page layout. Whether you’re designing for print or web, using grids allow you to organize content, establish consistency and create hierarchy within your layout. Grid systems can seem daunting and complex but they’re actua...

18/09/2017

VLab is home to the award-winning school publication, FORTIBUS of PAREF Northfield School for Boys, which was awarded twice by the prestigious Catholic Mass Media Awards (2014 and 2016 CMMA) as the country's Best High School Publication.

Fortibus' design strength is the use of a THEMATIC approach to their modern modular design structure, highlighting the important stories per page. This approach also anchors the newspaper's issue into a unifying theme, making it possible for the readers to easily identify with the key message the publication wants them to ponder on.

Here is a complete preview of the winning issue of Fortibus for the 2016 CMMA.

Going to the Peripheries Issue

17/09/2017

Great publications use design to enhance storytelling and enrich the meaning of its content. Here are editorial design principles that can help you achieve this.