1. Yves Robinson
The house style of Q is met with the colours
(red, black, white and grey) and the classic,
simple and organised layout of the rectangular
text boxes and images. It fits together really
well and is free of cluttered images and
advertisements gives a sophisticated look to
the page, forwards the attention of the viewer
to purely the information without distractions,
which gives an importance to the music. The
design fits with Q’s style and makes it
recognisable and familiar for the reader.
Imagery
Because of the simple design the attention is
drawn to the main band image which also fits
in with the house style with its black grey and
white colours. The way the band is stood in the
photograph also gives a formal and organised
impression yet still maintains the rock band
image, reflecting Q’s message. The image is
taken outside instead of a studio and the bands
clothes are also rather casual (and black and
white) which contrasts with the formality of the
design and balances the page out nicely. There
is a smaller image bellow which also follows
the colour scheme with its washed out grey
tones and again is taken outside of a studio
giving a more casual impression, the mans
clothes are again black and white.
Because of the neatly organised text boxes and
the space between them and the images the layout
holds a certain balance in its self, aswell as the
images being aligned down the page slightly off
centre. The Contents header and Review header
are almost identical in design as are the sub
headers, which creates a balance of symmetry
and makes the layout more appealing to the
viewer and easy to navigate and read. Although
the images take up most of the page and draw
attention to the right of the page, the headers and
sub headers sit on the left side of the text boxes
which leave negative space toward the right.
There is also a use of stronger colours like red on
the left hand side of the page, which counteracts
the heavy use of imagery on the right and leaves a
more balanced layout.
Rule of thirds
The layout design for this page follows the rules
of thirds in itself as the images are aligned
slightly to the left of the page. This makes a nice
change from splitting the page centrally and
makes a more interesting and appealing page for
the viewer to read. There is also use of rule of
thirds in the smaller image, which again creates a
more interesting composition for the reader to
look at and the colours used in the smaller image
mirror the colours used in the design of the
layout, mirroring the heavier colours on the right
and whites on the left.
House style Design balance/symmetry