Magazine Spreads

I was looking on the internet at magazine double page spreads to gain some ideas as to what sort of features I could include in my spreads, as often it's the small things that make design successful.

This spread shows how the contrast between using white text on a black background gives a totally different vibe to using black on white. It looks a lot slicker and darker. I also think it's interesting that large text is able to span the fold whereas smaller text normally stays discriminately on one page.

The use of pull quotes is something I haven't considered yet, and I think it's a really effective was of highlighting important information. I also think the vector artwork on a pale background works really well against a whitey spread. Using stronger colours might have made the contrast too harsh.

This is an example of how using bright coloured text can be visually cancelled out by having a large bright image. Whilst I don't think this spread is particularly creative, I appreciate how useful using a large image can be in the interests of balancing the spread.

I found the images interesting on this spread, because of how a lot of colour in the images is the same colour as the spread background. This subconsciously creates a lot of shapes, and keeps your eye engaged with the page.