Research into different type of magazine based on cover designs

There are four types of cover design which are as followed

Images Based Magazine

It usually consists of one or few persons on the cover, looking at the camera, preferably smiling. You can see this approach in almost all celebrity magazines, almost all fashion magazines and men’s magazines.

Illustration Based Magazine

Drawn illustrations are used to present something funny or out of ordinary and there are not so many magazines that opt for illustrated covers.

Typo Based Magazine Covers

A strategic typography magazine cover design can convey message and convince audience much better than images. This type of cover are infamous but likely to gain popularity due to growing people's attention towards calligraphy.

Concept Based Magazine

This type states that magazine cover should be easily understandable the message or concept and making that happen is not easy as it seems. Such efforts are seen usually in independent magazines, news and business journals etc.