The Q Magazine House Style is much more formal in contrast with other magazine e.g. NME which sport a more cluttered layout. This could suggest a more mature demographic. The typography is also quite formal . The colour palette is limited to red, white and black as opposed to a variety of different colours. The colour connotations suggest a magazine of the rock genre as opposed to a pope magazine that will incorporate more feminine soft colours e.g. pink and blue. Moreover another convention I noticed was of the very sexualised images of female artists as seen left and below. The photographic images show the artist in a very provocative manner which objectifies the artist and presents them as a sex symbol.
Furthermore another indication that the publication is for an older audience is the image to text ratio as seen right. There is only one image and lots of text. In my magazine I want to create a compromise and have text combined with a few images in order to make my magazine more interactive and enjoyable for the reader.
The contents page is very organized, consistent with the house style. A common convention that I have noticed is that most contents pages have a main image teamed with a few small images. There are also page numbers to help with the reader’s navigation through the magazine.