by MediaSlut (@MediaSlut) My choice of the best international magazine covers in MagLove this week:
- Homespun (Australia), July 2014
- New Scientist, 12 July 2014
- Newsweek, 18 July 2014
- Sport (UK), 11 July 2014
- Time Out (New York), 10 July 2014
INTERNATIONAL
Homespun (Australia), July 2014
The perfect example of when the theme of an issue is married perfectly with the cover lines and the main cover image!
New Scientist, 12 July 2014
What with so many diets making waves again and creating a lot debate (think Banting…), I found this cover very relevant and also very smart (while staying extremely simple).
Newsweek, 18 July 2014
Another weekly that drew my attention, mainly because of very smart cover line usage and image selection, is Newsweek.
It makes you question what the face of Terror looks like, without any answer being given but rather opening the debate.
Sport (UK), 11 July 2014
For its issue showing the game between Germany and Argentina, Sport created quite a beautiful illustration of the Maracana Stadium while using the official colours of Brazil, which I thought all worked together very well!
Time Out (New York), 10 July 2014
Every year we see dozens of magazines going the “Sex Issue” route, and everyone trying to stand out because of stiff [pun intended? — ed] competition…
One of my favourite “Sex Issue” covers must be the New York (note: not Time Out — New York) 29 July 2014 cover — pure art!
For this Time Out New York cover, there seems to be a big article entitled “The naked truth about SEX”, and I doubt the editorial team could have screamed it more on the cover!
It was actually fun looking at every person… Or am I the only one? ;-)
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