Rolling Stone Magazine Covers pt 3/3 “Epic Design”

By Andrew | January 8th, 2009 Graphic Design 9 Comments
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    • Alright it is now time for the final instalment of this 3 post series on Rolling Stone Magazine Covers.

    Just as a quick recap part 1 was a collection of the covers that best represented the change of the Rolling Stone brand on the covers of the magazine. The images also demonstrated the evolution of their powerful brand over the past 40 years.

    Part 2 “Iconic” was all about the iconic covers that have come out of Rolling Stone. It showcased the edginess of the magazine and how they push limits with who they choose to be on the covers, as well as how the person is portrayed.

    Now for Part 3, “Epic Design”.

    In the first 2 parts of this series I talked about the power of the Rolling Stone brand, and the iconic nature of some of their covers, as they will be remembered for many years. With all this brand power and substance comes amazing leading edge design and top notch photography. Some of these covers were even shot by Annie Leibovitz. [who was one of their chief photographers for about 10 years]

    Going through these covers from the past 40 years one of the most interesting design notes was the typography. They were using techniques in the 70′s that are still very much used today.  Another interesting thing was the covers from the 80′s look very much like some of the web design being created today. So hopefully everyone can pull some inspiration from these amazingly designed covers from the past and present.

    Well, that’s a wrap on Rolling Stone Magazine Covers and hey, if you like this kind of thing, then DIGG it and Comment so we know to do more!

    Andrew.

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    • keiji-yonesho
      January 8, 2009 at 10:36 am

      Rolling Stone Magazine Covers | Inspiredology http://tinyurl.com/8yuqgv

    • Nikki – http://www.logodesignguru.com
      January 8, 2009 at 5:49 pm

      Ha these are great. I looked at them yesterday but I like this collection just as much if not more. Thanks they are fun.

    • alison
      January 8, 2009 at 7:54 pm

      i’m really glad you posted this. it was a great reminder of a designer’s goal to step out of the box. i see the magazine all the time.. but somehow always take for granted of what they’re portraying.

      thanks!

    • amorby
      January 10, 2009 at 6:47 am

      This series of Rolling Stone covers from inspiredology.com is pretty cool..especially since I idolize Hendrix. http://tinyurl.com/8yuqgv

    • Lucinda – eightyone design
      January 13, 2009 at 7:14 am

      Awesome collection of magazine covers and what an excellent example of outstanding typography. Thanks for sharing.

    • Andrew Dertinger
      July 24, 2009 at 6:37 pm

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      September 30, 2009 at 5:37 am

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    • pakaworld
      December 17, 2009 at 7:00 am

      I really love every bet of this album cover. its just awesome collection of magazine covers and this remembers me of those faces on the magazines what an excellent example of outstanding typography. Thanks for sharing and please keep it up.

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