Double Spread Page Spread - Overall View

A double page spread is the iconic feature of a magazine, as it what a majority of the readers  would look at first. It usually contains information about the artist/band, what they do in their spare time. It tries to reveal to the reader what the artist/band would not reveal to any other magazine, it also occupied with images, be it one or more than one there is always an image.

• Vibe Magazine

From my research Vibe tends to go with the simple layout of a magazine, making it look neat and professional. Majority of the times the editors tend to do articles rather than interviews. The few times which they did publish an interview it was during where that certain artist/band would have something going on with them in which they assume their target audience would want to know. I love the consistence of the font and the use of baseline it really gives the article a fresh clean cut to it. 

• NME Magazine

Out of all the magazine I looked at the layout of NME was my favorite, it really embedded the name of the article into its feature which I think is a unique good way to structure out an article. The colour scheme is very simple which with all the shapes and effect used it very necessary and in some ways balances out the article. 

• Q Magazine

Q magazine double-double page spread, is very creative as it avoids the article looking like there too much text. Out off all the magazines I researched I felt Q magazine had the overall package of a successful magazine. I liked the way the colour scheme of the front page with the featured artist linked in very well with the double-double page spread.