MediaSlut (@MediaSlut)’s choice of the best international and South African magazine covers this week:
- Little Brother
- MAXIM (US)
- Newsweek
- Oklahoma Today
- Zigzag
INTERNATIONAL
Little Brother, Issue 5
I spotted Little Brother on popular magazine website MagCulture, and the covers of this little Canadian “essays, stories, photography” magazine really draws me in with its simple colour and design. Read more about this little pocket rocket right here, with a great review by MagCulture and detailed pictures of what may be expected.
MAXIM (US), May 2015
Singer Charli XCX turns it up[side down] on the May 2015 cover of MAXIM, definitely turning some heads with this shoot! Read the full article and view the picture gallery, here.
Newsweek, 29 May 2015
A very text-heavy Newsweek cover, as it clearly wants to make a statement with its cover story “GMO Scientists could save the World from Hunger, if we let them”…
A most interesting read, on a very important topic, hopefully making a change with the boldness of this cover.
Oklahoma Today, May/June 2015
We’re seeing more and more of these covers where the coverline(s) and logo of the magazine blend in appetisingly with the surrounding. How much of it is photography and how much Photoshop, I’m not sure but, if I have to choose between Rare and Well Done, it’s definitely the latter (even though it’s the former on the cover ;-)!
SOUTH AFRICAN
Zigzag, June 2015
For its Reader Issue, one of the cover-lines reads: “What you think about…” Just like it’s done with the cover image, I’m turning the tables and saying what I think!
It’s something refreshing and cool! Not merely the typography but the angle (direction) of the image is fresh, with the buildings in the background instead of stretched-out ocean/waves. Usually, the surfer’s face is shown, so in this instance they’ve literally turned their backs on us (in a good way).
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