College Magazine

 This is the front cover and contents page I designed for my college magazine. The first thing I had to think about when creating my magazine was the audience it would be aimed at. Which is college students aged 16-18, who are interested in college news, extracuricular activities and general college life. When researching other magazines I found that in my opinion a lot of them are too over the top because they have to much crammed into a small space. Therefor when designing my magazine I tryed to keep it simple and classic looking. I decided to do an autumn edition for my magazine so I chose colours and a feature article photograph that reflect that theme. The font I chose to use for my magazine is easy to read which means it grabs the audiences attention easily. For the headline, sub-heading and the price I used white font because they are the first things people look and so I wanted them to stand out. Then for the plugs which give people a taste of what will be in the magazine a used a golden yellow which is a less harsh colour and blends more with the theme for the magazine. I also added an autumn leaf to the cover of my magazine to reflect the theme and to make the magazine cover look more interesting.           



For my contents page I also tried to keep the layout quite simple so that the readers can easily find out what the rest of the magazine will include. I really like my front cover design because it looks professional, and I like the colours I used to fit my autumn theme. If I was creating the contents page again I think I would try to make it match my front cover more so they look more like they are from the same magazine. I could do this by changing the colours I used for the background. However I did keep the same font style throughout the front cover and the contents page so that they are linked and look similar in some way. I tried to keep the amount of colours I used on the contents page to a minimum to create a more professional look. I feel that if there are to many clashing colours in one area it becomes child like and can look tacky. I might also try to include more information if I made my contents page again. On the other hand I like the layout of my contents page and the angle I used on the image.