Nylon Magazine Research

I chose to research Nylon Magazine because I like the effect it’s simple style gives.

Nylon tends to use very large fonts which give it a very simple and smooth effect. The masthead is in large black capital letters giving it its obvious importance especially with the sterile white background. Curved fonts are used for the other text which, stereotypically, would give the sense that this is a women’s magazine.

Other than the black masthead, most of the colours seem to be very feminine, with the majority being pink or purple.

The text interacts well with the main image of model and actress, Megan Fox. The clothes she is wearing in the photograph have broad shoulders and put emphasis on the top half of her body which corresponds with the text at the top of the page where the writing is at its biggest, brightest and boldest. She is wearing less clothing towards the bottom of the image where the writing becomes smaller. The colour works similarly, the masthead at the top, near Fox’s dark hair, is black and there is more colour towards the middle of the page, on either side of the bright red and blue shirt.

The small pieces of text around the main image are very short and snappy, intriguing the reader but not giving too much away so that they still feel the need to buy the magazine.