Magazine Cover Introduction

5 things to think about your magazine cover design:

1. Arousing curiosity (that’s to pull the casual glancer in)
2. Emotionally irresistible (that’s the image’s appeal) 
3. The cover attracts a target consumer.
4. Intellectually stimulating, interesting (that’s to promise benefits)
5. Efficient, fast, easy to scan (that’s showing off the service) 

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Favorite:

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LIFE Special Edition (1969)

This LIFE special edition To the Moon and Back chronicles the first moon landing, brought about by the courage of the Apollo 11 astronauts and the thousands of people who supported their mission. On the magazine cover is a picture of Buzz Aldrin, taken by fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong. Along with color photographs of this historic walk on the moon, there are biographical sketches of Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins. There is also a history of manned space exploration from the first single orbit around the earth orbit to the launch of Apollo 11.






This is my favorite magazine cover because this environmental photo has deeper meaning that what it looks like. The title "Life" and the photo resonate together. The photo represent how humans life. We seek knowledge, explore, then we come back again to share that knowledge and/or experience just as the description title "to the moon and back" . We seek our own road to freedom, to the moon, but we will be back for those who we care for. We will stand strong, confident to our own way because we will be back with something worthwhile to show from the rocky moon. The background/grounding means the trouble that we will go through to seek those individual freedom. How far one will go for our own freedom. Then, the dark sky represents the unknown universe we don't know but look up to seek. I like the lightning, how the color change from bottom right to top left, getting darker in order to blend the title of the magazine with the photo itself for a clear understanding of the text, I also like the reflection of the astronaut's head cover shows the shadow side of the picture.