Music Magazine Deconstruction

Here I have deconstructed two K-pop magazines' front covers, explaining what their key features are and their impacts on the reader.

Whilst looking at various different Korean magazines and deconstructing these two examples, I noticed how simplistic magazines in Korea can be and I absolutely love it. The minimalism of the front covers are very aesthetically pleasing as the cover photograph is not buried in texts and graphics and the overall style looks very neat. It also leaves a lot of what is featured in the magazine as a surprise which can be an advantage and a disadvantage; it would make the reader intrigued to look inside the magazine however can also not make them want to pick up the magazine in the first place. For example, if you saw your favorite artists' name in bold on a front cover, you are more likely to pick it up than have to guess &/or search for them in a magazine that does not feature their name on the cover.

These thoughts are making me wonder whether I should go for a more minimalist style for my front cover, contents and double page spread or a busier, more 'busier'-looking cover. Either one I choose, I know I have to keep this style consistent through my pages to keep them all connected to each other and look like they all come from the same magazine.