I love the designs of all of these magazines. They are all very attractive in their own ways.
The bright colours some of them feature draw your attention to them straight away, which makes you want to read the magazine, despite not knowing what it is about.
The Little White Lies cover appeals to me due to its unusual design; it is not a typical cover, making it more noticeable, and the way the masthead, date, issue number and barcode have been displayed is very creative and amusing. I also admire the text-image cohesion used here- The text says "Inside Llewyn Davis" and an image of Llewyn is displayed under a layer of paper that is being ripped off, revealing him and making it seem as though the layer with the text is the outside, so Llewyn is on the inside.
Arty covers are also eye-catching as they offer viewers something original, which is fascinating.
I like the fonts used on each of these covers. Each font is appropriate to the genre and style of the magazine and they are all distinctive.
I like the text on the cover of Huck magazine, it looks handwritten, which gives it a personal touch and feels like it is creating a relationship between the artists featured on the cover, and the reader. This synthetic personalisation would invite the reader to continue reading the magazine.
I like how one of the covers does not look much like a magazine cover at all, it instead appears to be an envelope. This gives it an edge. It holds no resemblance to what people expect a magazine cover to look like, making its impact magnetic as people want to buy the conspicuous magazine.
The final cover showing a close-up, black and white photograph of Nelson Mandela is very striking. It is only an the image with the text "Nelson Mandela 1918-2013", yet it is obvious what the issue will be about. The image is bold and provocative, while the text is simple and minimalist, without being meaningless.
Why do you like them? You MUST comment and explain why you like them; colour? design?
ReplyDeleteYou have some really different ones here and it is essential to know what you like.