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Crimes

I was looking on the newsstand last week when I saw this cover that caught my eye. It was this special magazine by Time Inc. This is a magazine about notorious crimes in American history. The idea of useing crimes from the past to make a special issue is unique. This time of year there a lot of magazines that review the year but TIME put together something that is different and caught my eye right away. Not only is it a interesting idea to release a magazine like this but it is laid out realy nicely. The articles use images and text to make this magazine complete. The cropping of images are also great.One sall thing that makes this magazine unique as I was going threw it was there were no ads. That right NO ADS. If you get a chance pick it up.

Great Magazine Cover Blog

http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/09/28/colors-of-the-top-20-magazine-covers/

CD Booklet Point size

I just pick up Jay Z's CD. Thats right I still buy CD's. I went to take a look at the inside of the CD booklet and I could not believe what I was seeing or should I say what I could not see. The point size was so small. Does the designer really think anyone can read five point type? I think not. Some of us like to read the inside of CD's. It is bad enough that CD booklets have images in the background with text on top but to have small text is a sin. I wish artist would spend a little more money and add pages to their booklets. It sure would save my eyes.

DOLLAR STORE?

Is the Dollar store really a dollar store if everything is not a dollar. I was in Richmond and came across this dollar store with this sign in the window. I started to think to myself. If everything is not a dollar then its no longer a dollar store. Almost all stores have something that is a dollar. So, all stores are dollar stores.

Breast Cancer

This is a great image. The designer created something that is visually pleasing and effective. Usually designer place an image of the pink ribbon to represent breast cancer. But this designer was able to use something very different. The use of the map on a woman raising her arm for a breast exam is nice. The color pallet on the image does not over take the cover. I don't like the bold font but I think this is the standard font for Time magazine.