American Society Of Magazine Editors

The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) is a non profit professional organization for editors of print and online magazines which are edited, published and disturbed in U.S. The National Magazine Awards have been presented each year since 1966. For next year I'm planning to see if I could design and brand my own magazine cover and spreads. Cover design is another important element in a world of magazines. 80 percent of consumer magazines’ newsstand sales are determined by what is shown on the cover. The cover image and design reinforce the brand, an important identification factor because the average reader spends only three to five seconds scanning a magazine cover before deciding whether to buy that issue. The first Image is the winner of the 2008 best celebrity cover. The second one is the winner of the best concept cover and the third one is the best magazine cover of 2008. I really like the second image and the use of illustration. I'm taking narrative sequence this semester to improve my illustration skills. I really want to mix illustrations with images and I think this could be an interesting idea for my magazine cover.