Magazine Investigation

< Vibe is a music and entertainment magazine founded by producer Quincy Jones. The magazine predominantly features R&B and Hip-Hop music artists, actors and other entertainers.

The housestyle is a very bold and churpy look which is typical to Vibe magazine. The colour scheme is based around the same colour pallet e.g. yellow, white and orange are complimentary towards the same shades in the colour spectrum.

The name of the magazine is bold and clear with the biggest feature of the magazine centre of the page to attract its target audience.

Around the centre piece of the magazine are feature article involved throughout the magazine.

The typical reader of this magazine are those interested in the entertainment industry, especially those who are interested in the Hip-Hop and R'n'B, and also big hollywood blockbuster movies.
This magazine is published as a paperback magazine as well as having an online magazine.





> This is a typical front cover of another of the largest Hip-Hop magazines, King Magazine.
It features articles about Hip-Hop and R&B, as well as articles covering sports and fashion.

The housestyle for this magazine takes the path of a more smooth and elegent look using quite bold and complimentary colours such as black and gold.

The name of the magazine is big, bold and clear across the top of the cover with feature articles across the bottom of the main subject image.

This front cover is very similar to the type of look i want my magazine to have.

King is a monthly men's magazine targetting African American and urban audiences, so the typical reader of this magazine is someone who loves and embraces urban culture.

The magazine is published by Harris Publications, and also has an online magazine.