This is the contents page of the magazine The Wire. This magazine is a niche magazine that is aimed at indie music artists. The magazine follows an indie modern look that uses minimalistic designs to create a smart and fresh look. It uses a simple plain colour scheme, with a white back ground and black print colour. However the subheadings of each article has been coloured in a bright baby blue, that effectively coexists alongside the picture on the left hand side of the double page spread. Here on the left is what appears to be an advert. This advert is also very simple, and fits in with the rest of the magazine having a minimalistic theme and simple colour scheme. The whole look of the page follows te theme set by the cover, which is clearly done to aim the magazine at a specific target audience.
The font used is also simple, keeping an indie feel to the page. Here the use of the simple plain white background is complimented by the simple black colour of the font, with the occasional splash of bright blue livening it up. Also the use of different boldnesses of the font helps break up the page, and although it is mostly all bland colours, it still manages to intrigue and have a flash, fresh feel.
The magazine has decided to place only three pictures on the entire page, which follows the theme of being minimalistic and the idea of simplicity and out of the ordinary. The page has very little detail about the articles featured as well, with only two lines for most about each article. The main articles are the only ones with the pictures above.
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