robot wrote:"From Above - Breaking From Above"
ooooey!, because talent-wise, it's doomed
Hmm, absolutely yes, practically not really - if I look around at average mag covers, many of them are worse than this.
There are really good, inventional designers around but I dont see their work in the common, good selling mags, covers, papers, catalogues, print materials.
Otherwise I see them doing many times for a lot less money or non-profit areas, alternative culture, book/cd/DVD covers/ilustrations, modern shop decorations, unconventional corporate identities, advert copywriters etc...
For example last year we received 5th place for the best corporate in-house magazine category in famous corporate prints competition in Czech (several tens of companies in each category). BUT in the first 3 places all over the categories, there are like only 3 same designer studios total behind that. BTW we are doing it by ourselves.