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SotA Anthology 2015-16
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©Image of Cian Twomey used with permission from Tammy Gravina

TRENDING
CIAN TWOMEY HITS OVER
ONE BILLION VIEWS

Don’t
know how
to vote?

BREXIT

How it will affect
TAX, TRAVEL, TRADE,
FOOD & DRINK

#FestivalTickets
#OscarAfterParties
#InternationalWomen’sDay

Launch Issue

April 2016

£3.99

Trending was born out of
rising interest in politics in
ages 18-24; in the 2015
election, the percentage of
young people that voted was
the highest since 1997. This
suggested that there was
a significant opening in the
market for a magazine that
helps inform this generation
and combines reading for
pleasure with education.
Trending builds politics in to
popular culture to form a goto of current news.

generation used to free
content online - as well
as standing out from the
usual
politically-based
magazines.

What you see here are
snippets of my design
process. I knew my cover
had to be audience-specific
and spark interest in a

Originally I saw the image on
the cover as a photograph
but came across a fantastic
piece of fan art that better
suited a magazine aiming

Heading into the festival
season it seemed only
right that this be the vibrant
background to my cover.
I focused on social media
stars for my icon and
decided Cian Twomey, a
well-known Facebook video
maker, fitted the bill.

Media
literacy:
designing
magazine
covers
that sell
Third-year BA English &
Communication Studies
student Hannah Brooke
explains how she came
up with a striking cover
for a new politics and
culture magazine as part
of module COMM337:
Understanding Magazines
to divert from the norms. I
originally took inspiration
from Rolling Stone for my
heading font, eventually
choosing to be more original
and consistent with a font
better suited in all elements
of the cover.
As you can see my designs
developed immensely over
the weeks and I tried so
many combinations, often
simply as a way to rule
them out. I felt in the end
that with its bright and busy
background, eye-catching
illustration and bold red
heading, Trending finally
represented the brand I
intended.