3. Rolling Stone
Mastheads
The Rolling Stone magazine have played around with their own mast head design.
For example:
Changing the Having some of the
Underneath a
colour from masthead hidden
Behind the strapline
In front of red to yellow behind a sticker
model the model
4. NME Mastheads
NME haven’t changed their masthead design that much over the years, but they have made
some changes:
In this edition they have placed a
Changed to red but still strapline above the masthead and
with the dateline Model coming over they have changed the colour.
underneath the masthead There is also no dateline
Pink masthead
underneath the masthead
5. Q Magazine Mastheads
Q Magazine’s masthead haven’t changed the design of the masthead, however they have
changed the way that they use it with the model:
Strapline Model in front
Masthead in Masthead above above the Strapline again
front of the the barcode of the masthead
masthead
model
6. Kerrang Mastheads
Masthead is in front Masthead now has a box Stickers now
of the model, and is around it, cutting off the overrun the Model is now
framed by the model masthead in front of the
strapline model
Stickers again
7. Vibe Mastheads
Vibe have kept the same design for their masthead, changing just the colour for each issue.
The models have also been consistently in front of the masthead, the surrounding content has
varied:
White masthead to Black masthead to go with
go with the yellow Red masthead to go with More content above the pink and black colour
and blue colour the black, white and red the masthead scheme
scheme colour scheme
8. Inspiration?
From this research, I have made up my own decisions about the style I would like my
masthead to be in.
Red colour – as this seems to be more eye catching for both NME, Rolling Stone and Q
In Front of the model – This is because I believe that it grasps more attention that way
for the audience
Having a strapline above the masthead - This seems to frame the masthead on the page,
looking at Vibe magazine in particular.
