The document provides guidelines for designing the layout of a magazine. It includes recommendations such as using a short, memorable title; featuring dominant images of the main artist or article subject; including price and barcode information; highlighting other article titles; and using a bright color scheme. Throughout the magazine, it suggests maintaining consistent branding with continuous colors and fonts across pages. Individual pages should clearly label the section or article topic and feature images related to the content.
2. Short, memorable magazine title.
Special Offers/Free Gifts
Large, dominant icon, making it
clear it’s the title.
Subjects face can be seen. Eye
contact.
The dominant image is of the artist
included in main article of magazine.
Bright colour scheme, standing
out on a news stand.
Price/Barcode
Subheadings of other articles
included.
3. Short, memorable magazine title.
Large, dominant icon, making it
clear it’s the title.
Price/Barcode
Competition/Free Gifts
The dominant image is of the artist
included in main article of magazine.
Subheadings of other articles
included.
Bright colour scheme, standing
out on a news stand.
Teasing contents
Masthead
4. Page title at the top with date of
issue.
Large clear font
Page number giving location of
articles, with the name of the articles.
Image of artists performing on set .
Continuous colour scheme
throughout.
Advertisements of other
institutions/special offers on the
contents page.
Brief introduction of main
article included in magazine.
5. Page Title at the top of the page
‘Features’ section
Images of main artist, included
in main article.
Page number giving location of articles,
with the name of the articles.
Continuous colour scheme
throughout.
Large clear font
6. Page Title at the top, signifying Name of the artist in large
font, making it clear who the A constant colour
what the page covers.
article is about. structure used across
the double page.
Some Article
text, usually introduction
artists/bands
name, are
structured
across the The article
two pages. written in a
clear
font, using
columns.
Dominant image of Highlighted favourite/humorous Details to contact the editor.
the artist/band. quotes from the article.
7. Name of the artist in large
Page Title at the top, signifying
font, making it clear who the
what the page covers.
article is about.
A constant
colour
Article structure
introduction used across
the double
page.
Some
text, usually
artists/bands
name, are Dominant
structured image of the
across the artist/band.
two pages.
Highlighted favourite/humorous The article written in a
quotes from the article. clear font, using columns.
