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Metropoli Sunday newspaper supplement for El Mundo, Rodrigo Sanchez, Spain
I went online to research Rodrigo Sanchez, a designer well-known for his very artsy and original Metropoli magazine covers in Spain. Much of his work makes use of typography as art. This particular cover made me think of my fellow classmates solution to a book cover design so I wanted to share it.
I find it amazing to see a magazine cover with so much empty white space. It's very refreshing and allows the viewer to actually enjoy the design. The design draws attention to itself just because of this space. Also, the white effectively balances the bold black font so it's not so overwhelming. I'm not sure what exactly the cover reads but I've deduced it's something about the magic of Peter Pan enveloping the Metropoli.
I can't decide the direction of the flow—is the magic flowing into the title or dropping out of it? The gold stars work great as a symbol of magic and the randomness of size and placement are effective in imparting a feeling of floating.
The best thing about Rodrigo Sanchez's covers is the dynamic treatment of the title. He has the freedom to alter the font and the placement of the magazine's name to fit the cover's design. How fun is that! Notice on this cover, the name is floating off the page! The font he chose for this cover is a very solid, heavy slab serif which makes a perfect contrast to the fluid, airy design of the cover.
The site link above shows 50 Metropoli covers.
1 comment:
Really nice. Thank you for sharing, and for the name of this designer who I wanted to look up but didn't remember his name or any look-up-able details other than that he's Spanish and does a newspaper/magazine!
I prefer this design to our team's because it is more minimal and clean. It's great to see what we've done done much better!
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