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Article: Run for cover; There's no escape from the seductive cover design of high profile consumer magazines, says Sara Manuelli. But where do the designers get their inspiration?
- Article from:
- Design Week
- Article date:
- May 26, 2000
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Magazines come and go, but great cover design remains. In recent years, a proliferation of titles has seen the market spiral into smaller niches, where speaking the language of a particular tribe means success. Today, formats range from weeklies to webzines, covering every subject under the sun.
Yet only a handful of titles are collectable and justly belong to the pantheon of innovative concepts. From the pioneering I-D to the recently relaunched Nova, some magazines manage to define an era or capture a socio-cultural trend. Their covers are their essence. Through a style, a layout and a face, this is where the ethos of a publication is captured. But has magazine ...