College magazine layout research

I've had a look at some college magazine front covers, research suggests they are entirely different to any other magazine, the magazine may be aimed at a younger age group but it doesn't have your average celeb, impossibly buff guy or "miss perfect" on the cover, it is full of more real looking models, the layout is simple and there isn't alot of random things nobody really cares about unlike most magazines.

Here are some front cover examples, I could possibly consider a layout like one of these for my own college mag.

These first two covers have a more child like look to them, the colours are attractive and bold, although both the layouts and designs are completely opposite, they both have a good appeal that would attract teenagers.

The only thing with the first magazine is that it looks as if it is aimed at only females, the steriotyping of pink colours, curved text and a photograph of a girl.

These two magazines are both very similar, there is a bold headline, the colours are simple as is the layout and although both key images are of females, the magazines don't look remotely sexist or only aimed at one gender.