best covers

MAKE A STATEMENT WITH THE BARCODE

There are few magazine covers where the barcode is such an integral part of the design. On this cover of La Luna de Metrópoli, the barcode is infused in an illustration of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center.

I think that this cover is different, I think this was a hard time in the United States because of the attacks on 9/11. This is a cover design that i have never seen before, with the usage of the barcode it makes it displays the Twin Towers and with the big masthead (headline) it uses thick letters to make the title stand out and it seems like it was a spanish or a article that was developed in a country that speaks spanish. It also uses red letters to make the world trade center stand out and to show where it happened. The numbers are displayed as the date of the attack. 

CREATE ILLUSIONS WITH PAPER

For the cover of Washington Post Magazine Ariane Spanier created an illusion of sliced and spiraled paper in order to reveal bold letters that express the theme of the magazine. ‘Lives Remembered’ tells the life stories of people who passed away in 2012.

The paper rolled up shows what's behind the lives that were remembered, with the paper rolled up it has different words of people who would had dreamed about these things but we are remembering their lives, I think the Washington Post logo is simple and it doesn't take away from the statement that is trying to be put across. I think the dark navy blue color makes the words stand out to people to maybe get them to read what they say in between the letters. The words at the bottom state the other things that you are going to read in the paper like “Weingarten gene realizes he's NO. 2” with the page number that it is on. I think the date at the top corner is simple but significant because it shows when the paper was released. I think the simple cursive shows simplicity to the person looking at the cover. 

USE ONE-POINT PERSPECTIVE

This New York Times Magazine cover features James Gandolfini’s beat-up Cadillac convertible to represent the theme ‘The Lives They Lived (And The Things They Loved).’ The angle, placement and size of the car and the subtitle create a one-point perspective that vanishes into the distance.

I like this cover because it shows an older beat up convertible, you do not see cars such as these as often as you would in the 90s. The cover has small words that state and the things they loved, which may be a bit hard to read. I do like the words "the lives they lived" in a teal color because it makes the words stand out against the white background and white car. I like the shadows on the car because it shows the details and how the lights work. I also like this cover because even though it is simple it gets the message across about a one point perspective and how it is now driving away.