This is Flare Magazine. The limited use of colour really works in their favour, along with use of large condensed type that is loud and catches the eye of the reader. Photography and fashion has been done in a smart way keeping in line with the colour scheme of the magazine, so wearing yellow for the yellow section and red for the red section of the magazine. Flare Magazine doesn’t really have a grid structure, it more like brakes the rule of using a grid and not in a bad way. A grid can definitely be used with this structure however.
The typography is really striking and makes the reader want to look at the images and what is being said in the article, large condensed type is big in the industry right now. Putting photography over the type is also unique and visa versa, as well as the use of the outline of the text which gives its own impact and is less heavy on the eyes which is great in this urban design language.
Large type on the top and sides of the composition creates a brilliant visual hierarchy. The title or the article and the page numbers on top of the page are large and quite unusual to have the page numbers on top of the page as well as at this size. This once again makes this design unique as it is unusual and breaks the grid in a visually stunning way.
