But then it clicked.
While I was looking for inspiration the last couple days I realized how all my favorite magazines are extremely modern and, well, SIMPLE.
So although I can't make the issues look like high fashion magazines, and the VOX paper isn't white, I still had a lot of fun thinking about bringing that idea of simplicity into my designs. (I'll post these tomorrow after feedback)
Here are some minimalist photographs I found inspiration in this week:
All the images are taken by Jane and Francois Robert in a collection of their search for "white." John Foster compiled the images and put them up on
the blog I have been reading and until now, haven't posted on. The images are great. I especially love the juxtaposition of the red frosting on the black and white street. Don't you?
One of the best things about these photos is that they display lots of contrast without being ~too~ bold - I don't think there's a "true" white in ay of them. Very gorgeous. I think a pale nude shade or off-white like this, as well as maybe a bluer or grayer shade of "black" would work great on your Simplicity covers (as well as maybe be more realistic to hope for on our icky newsprint, bleh).
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