Examples of Double Page Spreads

This double page spread from Kerrang! magazine caught my attention because of its simplistic yet bold design. The minimal layout - an image filling one page and the article filling the other - is made to stand out more due to the bright yellow font. The colour scheme of grey/black and white is used in most magazines, but the fact that yellow has been added to this fits in with the rock genre and makes the page seem more striking.

This double page spread from Rolling Stone magazine caught my attention because of its minimal layout. An image is spread across both pages, which is not always common amongst magazines, and there is very little body to the story. The headline is a pun and plays on the film 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', but has been altered to read 'Benjamin Lee' to drive the reader's focus towards the featured artist. The image is very colourful, and so the black and white text is very fitting because it is readable and doesn't add any excessive colour which may make the spread seem too busy.
 

This double page spread from NME magazine caught my attention because of its bold colour scheme and sectioned layout. Split into three sections - the main image on one page and two columns of text filling half of the other, making up the article, and the black section separate from this, raising other bands to the reader's attention - this spread is very packed in but still clear to read. The header 'The Teenagers' is spread over the two pages, so as to indicate which parts are connected to the article, and stands out due to the bold typography and contrasting colours (blue and black). The colour scheme is predominantly black, white and blue, which is similar to the Kerrang! article, in order to create a 'stern' look about it, fitting in with the genre, once again.

This other double page spread from Kerrang! magazine caught my attention because of the matching colour scheme which runs throughout. The dark background allows for the red and purple headers to stand out, although the main body of the article is written in white so that it is easier to read. The colour of Tyson Ritter's clothes mirrors this palette choice, and the article is spread across both pages this time, with the main image in the middle. Four black and white images have also been added with red borders, in order to stand out and create an interesting layout.