Share your fave magazine cover design, WIN a double pass to see design icon David Carson

Zoe Sizemore

March 3, 2011 @ 3:58 pm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterlibraries/3115747540/in/photostream/

I love the balance of dark and light in all of Beardsley work that is illustrated both physically and metaphorically. It's all about juxtaposition and creating an element of surprise from the viewer.
A true inspiration in everything he did.

Lindsay

March 3, 2011 @ 4:02 pm

The relatively short lived Ampersand magazine, http://magculture.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/amphersand_1.1_front.jpg

The idea behind the diecut is very nice as well as alluding to the D&AD, done by Vince Frost or Frost Design. The use of three circle die-cut in place of a masthead. Simple & strong.

DWB

March 3, 2011 @ 4:13 pm

http://www.ohlalamag.com/en/2011/02/beautiful-muse-gisele-bundchen.html

For me, the most important magazine cover is the one that you notice first when you walk into a shop. Right now, this lunchtime Covers from the past are all very well, but they will inevitably seen in archive mode, – a single image seen online, without the need to grab you from amongst all their contemporaries on the shelf. For that reason I've selected the one that did just that for me, just now, and hunted out an online grab of it. It's the combination of absolute prime photography and understated type that did it for me. Having the headline lower down the page worked for me – my eye was drawn there anyway…

Caroline Larnach

March 3, 2011 @ 6:05 pm

http://tinyurl.com/4z47qwp
Kate Moss' iconic cover of The Face in July 1990 takes it for me. It is, quite literally, all about the face. Not only was this the shoot that launched Kate's career, it was a cover that started that kick-started fashion's fascination with the 'anti models' and their curiously strange beauty. For me personally, this cover marked the start of my cultural awakening. I was the same age as Kate when she shared the billing with Stone Roses and the 3rd summer of love; The Face drew this small-town girl into a whole new world of aesthetics, music, clubs, festivals and fashion and set the trajectory for years to come.

Kurt Strong

March 4, 2011 @ 9:49 am

http://www.bagazine.com

The cover is the bag and the contents are visible from the outset. They have captured perfectly what a cover should be.

Charlie McKay

March 4, 2011 @ 3:13 pm

You can't go past this'un.

http://www.coverjunkie.com/blog/winner-best-cover-2008/5/327

Charlie McKay

March 4, 2011 @ 3:15 pm

Also, “if you don't buy this magazine, Dick Cheney will shoot you in the dace”… great riff on the original “we'll shoot this dog” cover by National Lampoon

http://www.coverjunkie.com/blog/dick-cheney-cover-issue/7/913

Sinead Hogan

March 10, 2011 @ 3:05 pm

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/back-issues/creative-review/2010/august-2010

I love the folding interactive capacity of this magazine cover, it has such a fun tactile quality that makes it really stand out in my memory.
You're encouraged to roll the cover around to create a wave, which is a refreshing change to the usual 2D issues which tend to be kept in perfect condition but which also do not necessarily inspire you to pick it up again and again.
The vivid colours and animated character add to the childlike appeal. Its like a modern nod to paper plane making that has a nostalgic affect on me. In my mind it connects with those creative childhood memories and with it, it always brings a knowing smile…

sharon rosenfeld

March 10, 2011 @ 3:19 pm

http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=2002-05-06

This is my favorite New Yorker cover of all time. I realize it's not super design-y, it's more illustrative. I just love the feelings it evokes - Springtime getting ready to push into sumer, young love, blooming Cherry Blossoms. I think the pastels help further this idea. I lov this cover so much, I had it framed and it's up on my wall.

Jordi Carrasco

March 16, 2011 @ 9:38 am

http://thesilverlined.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/179_mariona-cr.jpg?w=450&h=326

CR Magazine Cover by Astrid Stavro!
I love the smart use of the front and back cover,
and the fact that she used real plastic pieces
engraved with the typographies available at
the engraving shop.

Here You can see a work in progress:
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/images/uploads/2009/05/1conts_0.jpg

Dominika Marcisz

March 17, 2011 @ 4:29 pm

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/1981-rolling-stone-covers-20040511/rs335-john-lennon-yok…

I love the power of photography. The cover conveys the rawness and intimacy of the John and Yoko's relationship.

Christina Whitley

March 18, 2011 @ 10:53 am

This layout uses a similar style of layout to your chleo or cosmo, or other womens magazines. However it use a more basic and clean typographic layout. The overall fresh and crisp feeling of these magazines is what I enjoy most about them. Each one is a treasure.

olivier perkins

March 24, 2011 @ 6:23 pm

http://www.tracksmag.com.au/19720224245/Magazine/Covers/Tracks-Magazine-%E2%80%93-Issue-16-Februa…

Still to this day one of the best photographs of surfing ever captured. Nice quote too :)

(hope this is isn't multi posted..keeps giving me a blank page)

olivier perkins

March 24, 2011 @ 6:27 pm

http://www.tracksmag.com.au/images/stories/covers/72-feb.jpg

url link got messed up. Try again…

Keri Clarke

March 25, 2011 @ 10:59 am

http://www.coverjunkie.com/blog/the-winning-issue/3/4749
I love this cover because it's clever and draws on a favorite children's fable. On the same page there is another one I love- “The secret issue” with superman clothes laid out along with business clothes. Great thinkers at the Holland Herald!

Jessica McKenzie

March 28, 2011 @ 2:25 pm

http://www.eightyonedesign.co.uk/images/blog/ca-02.jpg
Of the many inspiring magazine covers I find the Computer Arts Magazine fitting to post here as it is aptly named the “inspiration issue”. I love the choice of colours the artist used and the controlled chaos feel to it. On a magazine stand this cover stood out greatly compared with its competitors as the text was kept to an absolute minimum yet there is not a clear space on the whole cover.