The magazine application review I chose is Photography: Nat Geo Traveller. It is a photography magazine offering a behind-the-scenes look at some of the fantastic travel photography from National Geographic Traveller (UK), including previously unpublished images from photographers around the world. It is an app filled with tips, tricks and tutorials from industry experts which covers everything from equipment to post-production touch-ups.
The app is very simple to use and is quite user-friendly. One can simply navigate from one article to the other by swiping left/right to select an article to read.
Most articles use the same type of design elements. The hierarchy is done neatly, having a picture regarding the subject at the top of the page. After that, written in a black, bold and large font is the title of what the article is about. Following that, a piece of text on a white background colour, further explaining the topic at hand and/or giving extra information is placed underneath the title. It is written in Italics and uses a smaller font than the title.
The content is then placed afterwards, with the text having a small font and placed on a light gray or white background. The text is separated into paragraphs if the article is too long in order to get a bit of a breathing room between the text. This makes the article more enjoyable to read instead of having a whole chunk of text which makes you give up reading it. In certain articles, images or even videos are placed in the middle of the text relating to the topic, making it more interactive. Some images contain captions as well. Links are found which one can click on throughout the articles, leading the user to a different page for example the facebook page of the photographer. These are written in Italics and a red font in order to be distinguished as a link. Some articles also contain subtitles which uses a larger font size and is written in bold.
Last but not least, another navigation method one can make use of is by clicking on the icon found at the top-left corner, where a drop down menu appears in which the user can choose an article without the need to have to swipe throughout all of the articles. It uses a black background with white coloured text and the chosen article has a yellow background colour with black text. Very simple and very elegant. I really love this magazine app.
Melvin Magro 