(2) Names & Mast Head

Naming The Magazine

I had the option of creating a series of spreads for an existing magazine but I decided it would definitely be more interesting and challenging if I created my own magazine. It gave me the chance to come up with a name and my own complete style for the magazine. 
For the last week and half, I've been drawing up a list of ideas for a magazine name. Names have been a bit of on issue seeing as most of the obvious names have already been taken. Here's a small part of this of names that I came up with during the week:

RIOT!

Pump

Kandy

M83

Anthem

Aztec

Sahara

Rouge

Bleu

Blank

Blanc

Monroe

1992

Ombre

Dame

Cheri

It's taken me a while to come up with something original and easy to remember. I wanted something that has few syllables, short and straight to the point. I came up another list of titles for my magazine a little while ago. After a quick chat with my tutor, I've settled on the name, IKO. It's Japanese for "let's go" apparently. I'm not entirely sure if the meaning is correct but I like the sound of the word and it's short and simple. 

UPDATE

So, I've been researching mastheads and have started designing a few ideas of my own. 

Here are some examples of the sort of mastheads I'm aiming to design:

Because I'd like my masthead to be simple but still interesting, I've decided to incorporate the idea of Japanese symbols into my design. Here are some examples of what I've been working on:

I used a very simple font and turned it 90 degrees in order to get a Japanese print signature look. I'm hoping that my masthead has that sort of look. Here's an example of what Japanese signature marks look like: