All the images and other elements of different magazines which inspired my creation of EDGE.

1. The
Inspiration Behind
‘EDGE’

2. ‘EDGE’ Logo
• My logo was created by studying a range of other music magazine’s logos. I
knew that I wanted something which would fit the style of my magazine so I
went with a square design to look like a record cover, but also I went with a
stamp kind of look to mimic the old, pre-decimal-world values of the
magazine.
• The NME logo and the Q logo also influenced my magazine logo:
I liked the shape of the Q logo because I thought that it was striking and
unusual, going against the conventions of most magazines due to the fact
that it wasn’t a traditional masthead across the top fifth of the page.
Nevertheless, I liked the NME logo, specifically the one used on the inkie
copies, because of it’s bold appearance, hence the way I have used the
same effect on my text by splitting the letters up into rectangles.

3. LP Image
• To achieve this image I took inspiration
from The Velvet Underground’s music
video, ‘After Hours’. I did this so that the
music being promoted by the magazine
fits in with the pre-existing music it
promotes.

4. Contents Image
• This image was mostly based on the
same image, taken from the Urban
Outfitters catalogue, which inspired my
front cover. Nevertheless, I also gained
inspiration from the issue of MOJO
magazine that I deconstructed earlier in
the year. I knew that I wanted my
contents image to be
a headshot from this
and additionally I
acquired my design
for the contents bar,
with the ‘Cover Story’,
‘Features’ and ‘Reg-
ulars’ headlines relie-
ved from the main
body of the text bar.

5. Front Cover
Image• My front cover was mainly based on this
copy of NME which instantly struck me
from the first time I saw it. I loved the
simplicity of the image used, so I
decided that I wanted to take a similar,
but more modern image which
conveyed the same relaxed, mysterious
and introverted mood as this would
appeal to my target audience.
• To modernize the image I took
inspiration from this image from the
Urban Outfitters website as I liked the
quirky and playful style it had to it, not to
mention it fit perfectly with the contents
of my magazine.
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6. LOLA BLACK
DPS• For this double page spread, I took
inspiration from the three images
below. I knew that I wanted this image
to be mysterious, dark and alluring,
whilst simultaneously mimicking the
look of a performer taking a break on
stage. Heavily based on the image of
Bob Dylan, my image of Lola Black
develops this cool sense of relaxation
and mystery. The image makes her
look enticing and secretive, therefore
making the reader want to read the
article.
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7. LOLA BLACK
DPS• I had little inspiration for this double
page spread as I came up with the
idea very early on, nevertheless, there
are a few elements which I carried
over from this copy of NME with Nicki
Minaj. Despite the fact that the two
articles have very different target
audiences, I liked some of the design
ideas the spread uses. For example,
this spread gave me the idea to wrap
my text around the subject in the
image. Additionally, this spread gave
me the idea to use different shades of
the deep red that is in my magazine’s
colour scheme. I feel like this gave my
article a sophisticated feel, as well as
working to let the reader know they
are reading EDGE magazine.
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