70’S Football magazines focus – My main influence

One of the key influences on my magazine is the design of 1970’s football  magazines, especially ‘GOAL’. I like the way in which a single image is stuck over a block color background in order to make it stand out. The title is all in capitals which I think would grab the readers attention more than others and make them want to look further. On a majority of the front covers, there are around 3 small snippets of info of what to expect in the magazine which gives the reader just enough information but should make them want to read on. Beneath the title you can see the magazines slogan which is “The worlds greatest soccer magazine weekly”. This is a memorable line and I think it makes the magazine unique.

Main design features :

• Bright single color background that is usually red, green or blue
• Large circular image in the center of the page, however some have the circular image towards the bottom corner
• Big bold title in yellow across the top left of the magazine
• Magazines logo in smaller yellow font beneath the title
• Solid red box surrounding the title and slogan
• 3 or 4 small quotes or sentences relating to the articles dotted around the outside of the page in either white or yellow text
• Price and date of issue in tiny font beneath slogan

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How I will make my magazine look like a classic :

• Dampen the colors in order to make photos look older
• Use older fonts that can be seen in other examples of magazines

Colour Palette