Although you can’t judge a book by its cover, a magazine’s cover tells you a lot. Its whole purpose is to communicate both explicit and subliminal messages about the riches within. Extraordinary amounts of time and effort go into the development of these showpieces. The main idea of this post is to provide you with some amazing, creative, expressive and appealing magazine cover designs. You won’t like all of them, but you’ll definitely find some designs which are worth pondering upon.

Art Direction: Computer Arts Projects Covers

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TYPOGRAPHY COMPUTER ARTS

“The studio is responsible for the cover art of issue #42 of Computer Arts Brazil Magazine. The main theme of this issue presents the importance of typography in the development of graphic projects. To this end, four design studios give their tips and opinions, and reveal their own experiences in projects where the typography was essential in the search for spectacular result.”

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MUST / magazine

“Using a modular outline with an emphasis on asymmetry, we created a series of crisp, clear page layouts in which the blank space is employed in the same way as the “full” sections, giving breathing space to the composition. We completed the project by redesigning the masthead and the cover with the same elegant, contemporary style.”

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The Red Bulletin – Bahrain

New cover for The Red Bulletin – F1 Magazine.

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Lifelounge Magazine Covers

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Metropolis- March 09 cover

“It was super fun getting to design this cover for Metropolis. One of the most fun projects I have ever done. Go pick one up at your local Barnes and Noble. It’s a really interesting issue.”

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Volture Magazine

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