Designing catalogs in Adobe InDesign can be one of the most challenging and repetitive editorial workflows, making it crucial to learn how to use automation. In this project, we'll dive into the most useful automation techniques InDesign offers: Data Merge and XML Import.

To get started, we'll warm up by working on a real travel catalog, where I’ll guide you through some advanced typographic features that can drastically reduce the time it takes to update content. After that, we'll explore some real-world catalog examples and discuss the key considerations that every catalog designer must keep in mind. Then, we’ll start our project from scratch, building three different layouts step-by-step. First, we’ll design a layout with a single entry, followed by a spread featuring four entries, and finally a spread listing over eight entries.

You can download all the required to assets to follow along from the Class Project section.

Let's learn how to create professional catalogs in Adobe InDesign!

Pedro Paulo Alves

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