Colours

Design

Overall
impression

This dps spread has one very

large image. I found this a bit
weird, because they could
have made the writing larger,
and made the image a little
smaller, because the large
size of the image is not really
necessary, and it feels very
dominant over the rest of the
page. The image features the
two people who make up the
Institution/
band Handsome Furs. A man
with a coat- making him look
distribution
a bit classier then the woman,
Under the radar is an indie
and making him fit together
magazine, distributed mostly
across North America, but also with the fonts. She is wearing
internationally. The magazines a tattoo, bright pink lipstick,
and she is pressing a knife
includes in-depth interviews,
photos and reviews. It is avail- against the table. I think is reable both as a print and online. lated to the VALS of the band,
but since her attitude crashes
with the style of the man, it
fits with the pull-quote I think
weve kind of evolved into a
political band.

The colours on this page are

very pale, everything from the
white background and the
cold, blue headline to the light
image. This could be because
its the look the editor is looking for, based on the bands
music and style. The colours
could also be cold because of
the cold nature of the imagethe office, the knife, and what
looks to be unpleasant people.

I liked the dps, but I think it

was a bit too simple. The
image was also unnecessary
large, and took the focus of
everything else. The best thing
about the page is the large
contrast between the story
and the tile/quote. It made the
quote stand out, so that the
focus did not fall only on the
image

The fonts are the same as on

the cover, and after a quick flip
through the magazine, I found
out that the grotesque, sans
serif fonts are used on almost
every page, except for on the
advertisement pages. The font
shows high class, but its not
as uptight as sans fonts, so
is goes well together with the
overall feel of the image.

Images, pose, style

hair and make-up

How are the word

used? + Language

What I first saw when I opened

the double page spread, was
the title Handsome Furs / a
home on the other side. And
the quote I mentioned earlier.
The quote tells us something
about the band, and if you
find the quote interesting, you
would probably read on. I
think the quote is a bit big, but
that is necessary on a double
page like this, where the text is
so small that the reader never
would have started reading
it the quote and title was not
interesting.
The language is simple and
simple, like the style of the
magazine. There is no irony,
slang or satire etc.