The Believer

The Believer was created in 2003 and is currently published in San Fransisco 9 times a year. The magazine features book reviews by esteemed critics, interviews and articles of authors, writers, musicians and artists. The articles are very long and the inside spreads of the magazine are very dense with copy with a few simple black and white illustrations. The layouts inside are very classical and traditional looking – sans serif font, a very simple grid system, usually with two columns of text.

Contrastingly, the covers are very colorful and playful. They are completely illustrative and usually feature illustrations of famous people. I was interested in this magazine because it is very unlike other contemporary magazines that I have seen or read, which usually are very photographic and modern looking with more images than copy. –Donna Zitelli

Example of inside spread