Magazine Flatplan Sketches

Magazine Flatplan

Sketches

Design 1 In this sketch I have tried

to emulate the iconic serif seen on Metallica’s logo.

Not only will it be immediately recognised by my target audience but it will also signify the genres of music covered in the magazine.

By using this design I am conforming to conventions of magazines – as I have a seen a magazine, called ‘Metal Hammer’ that uses the design to some extent:

Design 2 I wanted to do a Flatplan with

just a guitar on my cover – and this is how it turned out.

I think it lacks conformity to the convention of having a musician on the front cover. Having a musical instrument instead seems a little out of place. I also feel that having a box around the masthead will limit it and that my target audience may prefer jagged edges over straight edges. I think this because a ‘straight edge’ has connotations of conformity, which would not be appreciated by my target audience.

Design 3 For this Flatplan, I wanted

a literal representation of my masthead – an actual scratchguard for a guitar.

Again, it looks a bit out of place but it could work. When I put out a survey to my target audience, I found that the majority of my audience do not play guitar. As a result of this I thought it might be useful to have an image of what a scratchplate is for those who might now know.

Design 4 I wanted my contents

page to be simplistic and concise to people do not have trouble trying to decode it (as I have done while researching contents pages)

Despite this I wanted a ‘stem and leaf’ system for showing the folios. I decided not to include this in my final design – for simplicity.

Design 5 I wanted my contents

page to be simplistic and concise to people do not have trouble trying to decode it (as I have done while researching contents pages)

Despite this I wanted a ‘stem and leaf’ system for showing the folios. I decided not to include this in my final design – for simplicity.