Magazine inspiration

Today I visited my local Barnes and Noble in order to get inspiration on my upcoming traveling magazine. I picked up several magazines that I recognized and others that caught my eye.

Below are the ones that I was interested in:

The Travel and Leisure magazine inspired me to create a magazine that does not include several cover lines, but keep what the information on the magazine simple, instead of overwhelming the reader with many things to read.


The Suitcase magazine's minimal features on its front page inspired me to create a minimal look for my cover page as well. I really liked mysterious feel that the picture provides since it interests the viewer to flip the pages of the issue.

When I was looking at the magazines on the stand, those that were crowded and busy made me feel like there was just too much information in a page. I plan on incorporating the techniques that the two magazines show in order to attract more viewers but also make it pleasing. In addition, I enjoyed reading a few of the stories featured and it encouraged me to create something unique and intriguing like theirs.

Overall, I can't wait to start the process for my magazine. However, I've got a long way to go before I start on anything.

What to do... What to do...

The moment has arrived and it is time to start planning my magazine!
When thinking about what genre to choose for the magazine, I did not know what to do. I have a passion for food and I love discovering new places. Which is why I had to do research on both subjects to help me decide what I am officially going to do.

When researching about the cooking/food genre (which is something you should not do on an empty stomach) I looked into well-known magazines of this genre such as bon appetit and Food Network. I found that these kind of magazines normally consist of recipes, current food trends, interviews with experienced chefs and much more. In addition, when creating a food magazine the chef has to create an aesthetically pleasing dish, make it look presentable, and have the picture taken in the perfect setting to have the dish look appealing to the audience.

In my research about traveling magazines I based it off famous magazines such as Travel & Leisure and Conde Nast Traveler. These magazine genres promote tourism by featuring seasonal recommendations of places to visit, interviews with travelers, tips on traveling and more. Moreover, most of the pictures on the magazines all are executed on location rather than having a studio.


Based on my research I finally came to the conclusion and decided that I will do a travel magazine. I believe that a cooking/food magazine will be a harder genre for me to execute since I do not have so much experience in cooking and I am not as interested in taking pictures of food. On the other hand, I am more experienced taking pictures of landscapes and this is something that interests me more. I really look forward into doing this traveling magazine and I hope you will enjoy it!