Yves Robinson

The house style of Q is met with the colours (red, black, white and grey) and the classic, simple and organised layout of the rectangular text boxes and images. It fits together really well and is free of cluttered images and advertisements gives a sophisticated look to the page, forwards the attention of the viewer to purely the information without distractions, which gives an importance to the music. The design fits with Q’s style and makes it recognisable and familiar for the reader.

Imagery

Because of the simple design the attention is drawn to the main band image which also fits in with the house style with its black grey and white colours. The way the band is stood in the photograph also gives a formal and organised impression yet still maintains the rock band image, reflecting Q’s message. The image is taken outside instead of a studio and the bands clothes are also rather casual (and black and white) which contrasts with the formality of the design and balances the page out nicely. There is a smaller image bellow which also follows the colour scheme with its washed out grey tones and again is taken outside of a studio giving a more casual impression, the mans clothes are again black and white.

Because of the neatly organised text boxes and the space between them and the images the

layout holds a certain balance in its self, aswell as the images being aligned down the page

slightly off centre. The Contents header and Review header are almost identical in design as are the sub headers, which creates a balance of

symmetry and makes the layout more appealing to the viewer and easy to navigate and read.

Although the images take up most of the page and draw attention to the right of the page, the

headers and sub headers sit on the left side of the text boxes which leave negative space toward

the right. There is also a use of stronger colours like red on the left hand side of the page, which

counteracts the heavy use of imagery on the right and leaves a more balanced layout.

Rule of thirds

The layout design for this page follows the rules of thirds in itself as the images are aligned

slightly to the left of the page. This makes a nice change from splitting the page centrally and

makes a more interesting and appealing page for the viewer to read. There is also use of rule of

thirds in the smaller image, which again creates a more interesting composition for the reader to

look at and the colours used in the smaller image mirror the colours used in the design of

the layout, mirroring the heavier colours on the right and whites on the left.

House style Design balance/symmetry