Comments on: In Praise of the 50 cent Cover

By: CD201 Design Research and Ideas Generation Week 11 « The Pete and Frankie Show

Tue, 25 May 2010 04:08:05 +0000

[...] THE 50 CENT COVER Designing Magazines covers a story on Wired’s designer Scott Dadich and his budget covers. No photographers, no [...]

By: Jude

Jude — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:05:46 +0000

I see the good ones are still well art directed. It is a trend. I would like to ask how good the content would be if we took all the creative license out of that. Would it still be enjoyable to read? How about if we just take everyone else words and plagiarize them? It’s easy to think you don’t need to spend money on great looking covers or even feature stories. But have a really bad writer create your content and you’ve just accomplished the same thing editorially.

Just one art director’s opinion.

By: José

José — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:42:42 +0000

I think it´s a trend. Wired pioneered it, but more and more magazines are doing it. An example: the Time Out magazines (i read the Lisbon edition) have preety surprising covers. Nowadays all kind of magazine are looking for surprising covers. And simple is very times surprising…

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:31:42 +0000

As a designer for numerous trade pubs, I’m used to working with little to no budget for covers. It all starts with a concept. A low budget forces a designer to push the design to see what they can do with less. Oh, and Wired rocks.

By: vanderleun

vanderleun — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:04:52 +0000

Long ago we used to do OMNI’s covers for about $50 for a stock photo fee. Worked well for years. Just tarted the images up with type.