The main priority of a contents page is to help the viewer locate the information they are looking for elsewhere in the magazine. As with this example from MOJO, the page numbers and description need to be as clear as possible to the audience. This page is here more for functionality and to help the audience than anything else. When making my contents page, I will need to bear usability and functionality in mind.
The contents page of uncut is a good example of contents page functionality. Here, lots of information is organised in a way that makes the content in the rest of content of the magazine easy to find. The viewer doesn't want to have to work to find the articles and pages that interest him/her. Information needs to flow as smoothly as possible, and I need to keep this in mind when creating my magazine.
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