The document describes the layout and design of a hip hop magazine. It emphasizes a minimalist design with a bold graffiti-style masthead in black and white. Images stand out in red and black, including a featured artist making eye contact. Article summaries and competition details engage readers. The consistent fonts, colors, and positioning of elements like page numbers and bars create continuity across pages.

1. No skyline or slogan to keep things
minimal.
Bold Masthead in graffiti writing
to represent genre of the
magazine. White contrasts the
black at the top of the image
making it very crisp and clear.
Bright red jacket stands out from a
distance. Representative of hip
hop genre. Eye contact with the
audience grabs your attention.
Main artist feature is bold and
contrasting on black and white.
Easily recognizable as a feature.
Sell lines relevant to genre.
Interesting summary of
some of the articles inside.
Enough to make someone
pick it up and read through
it.
Footer shows the main areas of the magazine
Barcode tucked away in the corner so it is
not distracting for the audience. Clearly
displays the price and issue date.
Competition to win tickets to a Hop-
Hop/Electronic festival in the summer.
Representative of genre and audience.
Main image is bold, takes up a
large portion of the screen. Clear
and representative of genre

2. Simple black and white colour scheme
that’s bold and easy to read. Continuity
of fonts from the front page.
Main article image taking up the most
space, with page number and
reference to the article’s contents.
Montage images relating to
articles in the magazine and the
competition to win wireless
tickets. Every image has a the
same black boarder and distance
between each image.
Black line under each feature so
that each article is separated from
each other.
Split colours for the main titles, stylish but
minimalistic.
Contents title at the top
of page and article
listings
Subheadings for the different
sections of the magazine.
Using the black bar as a
background.
Competition for a festival
to encourage
subscriptions and visits
to the to the Street
website

3. Same fonts used again here.
Continuity
Magazine title is bold and clearly
visible. Relates to ‘the fine line
between music and art’ from the
first page.
Stand first
introducing the
article
Columned article in an
interview format,
commonly used when
looking at new artists.
Also it is interesting to
fans.
House style returns with the black bar showing the page
numbers that ate split, black and white like on the contents
page.
Quote used from the article in bold writing spread
across the main image.
Drop cap at the
beginning of the
article
Bold main image representing the themes
of the article and the artist.

4. Summary
• I didn’t really challenge the codes and conventions of
magazine production when making my product. But I
did try to make my product minimalistic in regards to
the layout and use of text. This was done so that the
imagery was the main focus of the product and the text
involved was straight to the point. I kept my layout and
fonts the same, using the same simple black bars for
titles. My Main artist was the same throughout and the
stories and page number were the same. Overall, I
think that all the key conventions are where they need
to be for a successful product.