Critical Analysis of College Magazine

This is my analysis of my front cover and contents page I designed.
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Front Cover and Contents Page with Peer Feedback

Front Cover:

 My front cover ended up following my flat-plan design well, and also my general expectations. Some possible improvements I was suggested by my peers included enlarging the text to decrease the large amounts of free space; adding a barcode; adding shadows to texts to aid in readability.


Contents Page:
I'm pleased with the end result of my contents page. I received good feedback but a couple suggested improvements were adding something else to reduce the white space on the page, and also using a wider variety of fonts.

Flatplan Designs: Front Cover and Contents Page

Front Cover Flatplan Design

Contents Page Flatplan Design

These two above documents are my flatplan designs for my front cover and contents page. I labelled what each rectangle represented for a more detailed design. I chose these layouts with inspiration from looking at other successful magazine covers and contents page.

Visual Audience Profile

Visual Audience Profile by kxrsty on Scribd

My visual audience profile wasn't as easy to do as I had hoped due to the questions I asked in my questionnaire. Next time I will know to ask more personal questions in order to get more of an idea of my audience.
I have based my audience profile on what I know my generation is generally like and what they enjoy doing.

Data Analysis: Primary Research

Primary Research: Copy of College Magazine Questionnaire

College Questionnaire Copy