This document provides guidance on creating a style sheet and flat plans for magazine design projects. It emphasizes that a style sheet allows you to organize stylistic elements like fonts, photography, and color schemes. Example style sheets and flat plans are shown to illustrate potential layouts, fonts, images and color schemes. The document stresses that flat plans allow experimenting with layouts before production to reduce time and ensure a well-thought out product. It concludes by noting the grading criteria includes evidence of layout/design work, presentation quality, and time management.