Wednesday 25 April 2012

Magazine Design


For a lifestyle journalist to properly disseminate his or her research, there are many avenues by which he or she can traverse. One is the newspaper. However, it should be noted that newspapers are usually more oriented for news topics and may therefore be seen as too serious for the inclusion of any lifestyle topics. Another avenue is by the use of magazines. Magazines are usually targeted to a smaller demographics and may therefore be somewhat harder to disseminate. However, due to the small demographic, the information that is contained is therefore distributed to a more concentrated population with interest to the topic.
In order to properly design a layout, the publisher must take into account the interests of his target market. After all, the marketability of a magazine rests in the hands of the readers. This is because there are many ways by which a publisher can incite the interest of the reader. One way is by properly aligning and designing the order of topics in order to have a hierarchal way of viewing information. As one can certainly see, interesting topics are usually featured on the front page of a magazine. This will then incite the interest of the reader which can lead to more marketability.
Magazinedesigns are the design template used in order to make a topic have more emphasis. This can then make a person more interested on the topic at hand since the design emphasizes on the importance of that particular topic. Also, magazine spreads are usually designed in order to complement the graphics contained within the magazine itself.
There are many templates available for magazine spreads available in the internet. They are usually free to download and free to modify – thus adding to the great flexibility of magazine spread designs. They are also useful in adding a touch of art to the magazine.

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