Make a Mag can be used to document an event and, with the right services available, produce finished zine-style magazines before the event is finished. The Make a Mag process can also be used as a ‘production wrapper’ for producing work by others, including scans of children’s artwork; see the Make a Mag collaboration with Grief Encounters for an example.

If you would like to work with the Make a Mag team please get in touch. If you want to try the template documents yourself you can download them below, and there are instructions here to help explain the process.

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Downloads…

A5 Template (requires InDesign) – smaller, useful for compact mags especially when making these from regular A4 desktop printers.

A4 Template (requires InDesign) – larger, the size of a typical newsstand magazine in most of the world.

Each template comes with its own InDesign library files with drag-drop ready-to-use layout elements designed for the page size and grid. (Don’t mix and match: the A5 library elements do not work well with the A4 page template and vice versa.)

If you plan to print and assemble a magazine yourself and you have an A4 printer, use the A5 template. If you have access to an A3 printer you can use either template.