Along with highlighting graphical elements in my previous post, there is a consistency in the textual elements as well. To begin with, the headline is the textual element that has the maximum line weight followed by the deck line, which… Continue Reading
A Condé Nast publication, bon appétit, uses a pure geometrical shape as its furniture elements. They mostly consist of underlines, small triangles towards an image linking the image and its respective headline for the story associated with it. They also use white… Continue Reading
Bon appétit designers seem to enjoy using furniture in various ways to highlight areas for decoration and function on their pages.These would include the usual folio, credit and bylines, section heads/flags, teasers and promos, display headlines and subheads. Here are… Continue Reading
The department fronts in Essence Mag all have a full image the bleed through the entire page. Each front has an image of a solo photo of a black woman, the department name on the top left, and a subhead… Continue Reading
Department/Section Front: Regularly appearing article or section with the same format every issue. Every department front has an image, the department name, a headline, and a subhead. Typically the headline and subhead are a teaser to what will come in the… Continue Reading
National Geographic, in sticking with its branding of clean, classic and timeless design, does not have a lot of furniture. Or, it does not have a lot of obvious furniture. The furniture are elements that an average reader probably wouldn’t… Continue Reading
Furniture can distinguish a magazine over another. Often these repetitive elements may be used for navigation purposes or to create hierarchy. Other times, they are simply design elements that fit the brand and are revisited issue-to-issue. Bon Appétit features a long list… Continue Reading
If you were house-hunting and happened to walk into WIRED, you’d pick up immediatelyon the quirky-meets-sophisticated home decor anchoring WIRED’s look. For starters, there are cutesy dingbats marking illustrator and photographer credits at the bottom of stories. Numbers (and even… Continue Reading
Esquire tends to use distinctive things to show that the article is beginning or continuing. They use thick lines to create margins around a page to give a clean on the pages sometimes. They use bold fonts frequently to signal important changes… Continue Reading
The first editorial page features information regarding the volume and issue number, which is not indicated on the cover. Its consistently placed under the tagline and contents heading. Furthermore, the pipe character that splits contents and the month is red,… Continue Reading