Vogue - Past Covers

As another point of research I decided to look at past issues of vogue and their covers. The first thing that comes to mind when someone hears the word vogue is the magazine and all of its connotations so I thought it could be useful to look into the design of the cover.

The cover of each vogue is quite simple and follows a set of pretty strict conventions. Each cover has at least one female model and the vogue logo (Which is just the word 'vogue' in a set typeface). The logo doesn't always have to be fully visible but it is always in the same position at the top of the page just like the model (or models) is always centered. There are then a few paragraphs around the outside of the model which explain some of the features of the months issue. The covers are all quite generic and none of them really stand out in terms of layout or design although the photograph of each model is eye catching and must be the main selling point for the cover. Vogue is specifically a fashion magazine before it is anything else so they don't really need state of the art design as people will buy the magazine for what it is. 

This research wasn't much help for the Don't Panic brief at all because the cover design is not at all the kind of thing that I found in the other posters on the website and I don't think it would fit the audience or tone of voice at all. Although it wasn't helpful in relation to the content of my posters, It was definitely interesting to see the set conventions of each cover and how photography can be really important in a piece of design.