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Final day of work for Life360

Sophie Gardner-Roberts — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:39:59 +0000

Monday 23rd March was the final deadline for producing the print version of Life360.

Final flatplan layout. Every detail counts.

There is always something to change. Check, check and re-check was our motto on Monday.

We thought we had everything under control and things were going smoothly until the last hour and a half. We began feeling the pressure of the deadline and InDesign was being a b**ch!

Final subbing for Charlotte’s feature as Victoria reads through.

Also, when we finally sent everything off to print, the printer, obviously, ran out of ink. And the whole building had no spare ink cartridges.

Alba cries as the printer lets us down…

At this point, people were running around, frantically, trying to find help with the techies… Meanwhile last-second touches needed to be adjusted on InDesign and, well, we missed our official deadline.

But no matter! We are very proud with the result and the hard work and unexpected problems were definitely worth it. The magazine looks amazing and we hope you will enjoy reading it.

Life360 finally printed out!

Thanks for following this production blog. We had so much fun making it. You’ve had a chance to see how we work, as if you were part of the Life360 team!

Until next time, Life360 signing off.

Busy last week for Life360

Flora Gengnan Zhao — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:18:03 +0000

This is a very busy week for life360. All of our staff is working hard for feature layouts. And our art editors are designing the final cover page. Hope all of you will like it!

Working on features.

Mavis is working on the fashion feature layout.

Do you want to know what others want to get in 2015?

Lili is drawing for our magazine.

Art editors are working on the cover page.

Cool flat plan day for Life360

Katherine Yang — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 15:03:03 +0000

Here comes the time for the design! We tried our best to squeeze our fascinating contents into the magazine. Hope it will go well!

Entering a new stage for Life360

Yao Lu Yaolu — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:23:43 +0000

A new stage for the print version of Life360, our back section is complete! Many international elements have been added into our Bagged Issues pages so you can explore the world’s issues from the back section.

Edyta, Sophie and Victoria are working on digital articles.

First draft back section of Life360

Today’s editorial meeting

Victoria, Edyta and Davide are discussing the content for Life360

Select features for Life360

Working for the back section

Jipai Jipai He — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:46:15 +0000

Today we’ve been working hard to complete the back section of the issue. Can you guess what we are up to?

Our photographer Kelly is trying to take pictures in a different way.

Searching for the perfect shot.

Besides focusing on the magazine, today we’ve met Emma Barnett. She’s the editor of Wonder Women, the women section of the Telegraph. She’s given us some tips and inspiration to keep us working hard in journalism.

Emma Barnett is sharing her stories.

Dreaming of travelling and inspiration

Maryam Zainol — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:12:41 +0000

I’m going nowhere. I’m just wandering.

So how I can I get lost?

Over the weekend, I had a conversation with a hardcore adventurer-slash-nomad on Skype for a feature article I’m working on. With a cup of joe in hand, I daydreamed of someday having the courage to do as he did.

So here’s my Adventure Time playlist to spark and spread the traveler’s itch!

T minus 4 weeks til deadline

Maryam Zainol — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 11:36:18 +0000

At this stage, Life360 team is working double time to come up with fresh and exciting content ideas.

We are hard at work, tweaking to the minutest detail with our readers in mind.

Video: Life360 workspace had a blackout, online content is coming on strong, and amendments were made to Life360’s contributor’s page.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

– Colin Powell

Life360’s newsroom lights went off

Davide Salvi — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:39:23 +0000

This morning, during our routine work, suddenly the lights went out. But Life360’s newsroom, as you can see, did not discourage. This is the result.

PS: By the way, the editorial meeting has been perfect. Many exciting things are coming soon. Stay tuned!

Life360’s typical Monday in photos

Victoria Lewis — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:54:57 +0000

The Life360 office has been a hive of activity this wet and windy Monday as the team have been busy getting the front section of the magazine ready for print. Our resident photographer has been capturing the action!

Davide and Edyta meet with our Production Editor, Alba

Davide working on digital content for our webiste

Today’s editorial meeting in progress

Today’s editorial meeting

Our Design Editor Maryam working on the magezine’s front section

Sophie and Edyta chat about our social media strategy

Behind the scenes Life360 video

Edyta Kadula — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:54:58 +0000

The Life360 production team is working hard, coming up with new ideas for the 2015 issue. It may be snowing outside, but it hasn’t stopped us from being here bright and early on a Monday morning. Have a look at our lovely, smiley faces in action in this behind the scenes video!

http://jomec.co.uk/life360/2015/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/magisto-movie-1.mp4

http://jomec.co.uk/life360/2015/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/magisto-movie.mp4