The document discusses 4 different magazine front cover layout designs and includes feedback from target audiences on each layout. The feedback suggests that Layout 1 is unbalanced, Layout 2 has sell lines positioned strangely, and Layout 3 has a small headline and title. Layout 4 receives the most positive feedback, praising the large title, centered main image, and appropriately sized headline. Based on the feedback, two images and hiding the barcode are concluded to be good design choices.

1. Different Front
Cover Layouts

2. Front Cover Layout 1
Target Audience Feedback
Title
“The layout would let the main headline stand out so it fills a
Another
whole page, but the page is unbalanced as the sell lines are only
Image
on one side”
Sell Lines all “I like that the title take up the whole page and the barcode
positioned doesn’t take up too much space”
to the left Main Image
“It is good that the main image is one of the largest things on the
page “
“I don’t think all the sell lines should be on one side of the
page, it would look better if they are either side of the image”
“I think the main headline should be closer to the top of the page
Main Headline as it would catch my attention better”
Barcode

3. Front Cover Layout 2
Target Audience Feedback
Title
“Because the main headline is on the top it would catch my
Main Headline attention best”
“I think the layout of the sell lines should be changed, they are at
the top of the page on the left and the bottom of the page on the
Sell Line
right. I don’t think it will look good”
Main Image “It’s good that there is another image on the front cover as it
Sell Line Sell Line would make the magazine look like it has more content”
“ I think the headline and title will merge together they are both
on the top of the page and are as big as one another”
Sell Line
with
image
Barcode

4. Front Cover Layout 3
Title Target Audience Feedback
Main Headline
Barcode “I don’t like that the title doesn’t take up the whole of the page
and the headline would take up less space than the main
headline. I would prefer to know the title, so that should be
larger than the sell line”
“I like that the main image is central and the sell line are
positioned around the image. This keep the balance of the page
Sell Lines Sell Lines similar doesn’t look weird”
positioned positioned
around Main Image around “I think that there should be another image on the front cover of
the image the image the magazine, it may look quite bare without another image”
“ I don’t think the headline should be at the top of the page in
line with the title. It looks unusual.”

5. Front Cover Layout 4
Target Audience Feedback
Title
“ I like that the title takes up the whole page, unlike layout 3.”
Main Headline “ It’s good that the main image is central as it seems like that’s
Positioned around the what other magazines do”
image
Sell Lines “I think that the positioning of the main headline is quite good as
around it does not take up the whole page and distract from the title but
the image looks like it will be bigger than the other sell lines.”
on the Main Image
left hand “I don’t know if the main headline might be a little bit too small
side because if it was too big it would cover the main image”
Sell Line
and
Image
Barcode

6. Conclusion
I am going to take into consideration all of the comments people
of my target audience have said and when I am designing my front
cover I will experiment with the different things. I think it shows
that two images on the front cover are a good idea as the target
audience seem to like that. Obviously it is conventional that the
main headline is the biggest sell line on the page and the main
image should be the largest thing on the page.
Also the barcode should probably be quite hidden on the page, as
I personally dislike how layout 3 has the barcode right under the
title. This is because it draws more attention to the barcode than
necessary.