13.01.15 - Examples of other texts: Magazine Covers

 

Yohji Yamamoto

The first magazine cover I looked at was one I found on Tumblr, A Japanese editorial on the fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto. I find the cover aesthetically pleasing due the the synergy of the Japanese and Latin typography, the black and white colour scheme and the simplistic layout of the text. The cover is unusual in that the subject of its photo is not making eye contact with the camera, which is usually a standard feature of most magazines. The mise en scène appears classic in its nature as the subject's wearing an old fashioned hat, an overcoat and has long hair

DUMMY

The second magazine cover that caught my eye was the german magazine 'Dummy'. What struck me was the emboldened typography, its effective colour scheme and the subject of the image. The colour of the the text is split into two, green and white, which are separated diagonally across the page. The image is effective as its perfectly framed and the expression on the models face matched the title of the issue 'BÖSE', which is german for bad/evil.

Esquire

The next cover that caught my attention was this cover of Esquire magazine. For a cover photo the photo used is an unusual one as it is taken out doors and has a visible background to it. Usually magazines have their subjects photo taken in front of a screen as to achieve a blank background. The cover makes good use of the 'Z1' layout and looks neat despite the background of the image they chose. The cover has a summer themed mise en scène made apparent by the yellow title, swimming pool and the model's bathing suit.

i-D

I really like this cover of I-D as it is perfectly neat and makes use of good photography. The layout of the cover is almost as simple as it can get yet it is one of the best looking covers I've seen so far. The transparency of the I-D logo looks professional and the colour of the model's jacket contrasts with the background in such a way that the turquoise almost appears luminous.

Popeye

Another cover I really liked was from another Japanese magazine called 'popeye'. This cover has a somewhat unusual colour scheme as the subject is wearing a main colour that completely contrast with the rest of the magazine. This contrast is very effective and is what I believe made the cover stand out from its counterparts. Again, there's something about the Japanese typography working in synergy with the latin typography that looks really good to me.

The Wire

In this cover of the wire the thing that caught my eye the most was the strange dragged mirror effect that works diagonally across the page. The title and part of the text is deliberately cut off at the edge of the page to  make it look as if it doesn't fit; for some reason it actually looks quite good. Despite only sticking to a black and white colour palate and using no images, this cover of The Wire was one of the more interesting covers I looked at.