The document analyzes the design of a magazine contents page. It discusses the house style, imagery, design symmetry, and Gutenberg design principles used. The contents page uses a black and white color scheme with images providing color. There is one large main image of a woman reinforcing the magazine's focus on pop music. While there is no strict symmetry, the layout looks balanced with the large image framed by text at the top and bottom.

1. House Style
The house style of Mixmag is mostly the same
layoutthroughout each issue.The colour
scheme is black and whitemainly with the
image providingcolour.The contents
information happens to be laid outat the side
of the page. This makes the contents page look
professional.The way the title is in the strong
optical area means that people will read itfirst.
The small pieces of information atthe bottom
of the page also makethe contents page look
professional as well. The main colours used in
the contents page a re black and white with the
images being used to express colour.
Imagery
There is only 1 main image on the page and a
small imageatthe bottom of the page. The
main image seems to be the only colour on the
page and suggests the magazine is aboutpop
music becauseof the bright colours. The
images used reinforce the genre of pop music.
The clothingworn by the woman in the image
suggests dance music.The small imageatthe
bottom of the page is of a CD cover. This cover
has brightcolours which portrays a dance/pop
music vibe. The placement of the images is
done to attract readers to the magazine.
Design Symmetry
This does not have design symmetry as
there is only one largeimage and not much
text. However, the layoutlooks balanced
because the image is in linewith the text
itself.The text at the bottom also makes
the contents page look balanced.The
headlineat the top and the text at the
bottom almostframe the content in the
middle. I would make the image smaller
and spread the text out to make the page
more balanced.
The Guttenburg Design Principle
In the primary optical area,thereis the
name of the magazine in the corner. This is
so that this specific magazinesticksinto
your mind. In the strong fallowarea,there
is the headlineof the page which specifies
that this is the contents page. The way the
text is means that the axis of orientation
doesn’t work as well as itshould.In the
weak fallowarea and the terminal optical
point there is information on a new CD
which came free with the magazine. This is
to try and interest readers to that band.
Contents Page Analysis