Derrière le miroir

Derrière le miroir is a french art magazine founded in 1946 and Published magazines around four to seven a year till 1982 the magazine showcased work of the leading artist around the world that had displayed work at the Maeght gallery where it was founded and designed. Each issue would ask the artist to design a specific cover for the magazine this created some extremely vivid, changing and complex cover designs that really emulated the radical and modern art of the time. I have decided to look at 'Derrière le miroir' as the collaboration of art and graphics is something I find very interesting and really enjoy. The title typography for 'Derrière le miroir' remains very consistent over the years it was published and remained the constant throughout that made the magazine distinguishable. The weight size, colour and position on the page of the type has been changed from issue to issue to allow the art to breath and be the focal point of the cover.

I really think the variation of different colours, styles and techniques makes each different magazine as individual as the next. I am particular interested in colour within this Design Principles project and how colour can be used. There are many examples throughout the
'Derrière le miroir' magazine that show how any colour can be used to great effect if the composition and size is well thought out and considered. For me looking at the different covers what strikes me is the way in which the art has become the main focus of the magazine, it is seen then as more as a piece of artwork rather than a magazine. This has been achieved by not being afraid of make the title a secondary part of the cover and let the art speak for itself. 

These eight images really show the difference in each and every issue of the magazine. I am very interested in the idea of colour in art and how it can influence graphic design. For these artist colour is something paramount to their overall designs and can make or break each piece and the relationship between colours is something that can completely change a piece of art and design. I think using this same approach within graphic design is something that would wield much more informed results. This theme of colourin art and how it can infuence graphic design is something I am going to research and develop in my practice and inform my making of a publication about design principles.