Wired Magazine Covers

Wired magazine is a technology based magazine which features articles on everything from cars to gadgets to movies to new technology to gaming. Since I am interested in magazines, especially layout, I decided to take a look at some of their covers, because I have always noticed that they grab you and pull you in.

First things first, their logo for the magazine, which often always serves as a header on the cover is a unique and in your face kind of logo. The word 'WIRED' spreads out across the top of the page, alternating back and for between each letter at being boxed in and not boxed in. I believe that this technique gives the letter the appearence that they are 'buzzing,' almost as if they have injested gratuitous amounts of caffiene or they buzzing with electricity. This relates to the articles because the population who would be interested in this magazine often is thought to be constantly injesting caffiene whether it be through coffee or Mountain Dew. They also are very technology driven, i.e. they use 'electronics.'

All of the compositions are very nicely laid out and almost all seem to feature a central image that deals with the main feature article. These images are laid out in a fashion that allows for the eye to roam around the page in an orderly fashion, seeing all the sights and coming back to the beginning again. The typography of course is always spectacular. On most of the magazine covers the font is either a simple serif or a sans serif font. There is always a very nice rag on the text and the text seems to be left justified most of the time. If it is not left justified it is a right justification, but you can see there are very specific reasons for it to happen, such as the magazine cover with the article "You call this the phone of the future?"