Contextual Portfolio - LOVE magazine

Today I went to look at magazine mastheads and layouts to get inspiration for my current brief New Visual Language and whilst I was there I bought a couple which were 'LOVE' and 'Wallpaper*.  I like the front cover for 'LOVE', especially the typeface the have used; the 3D element as depth to the cover which is mainly flat colour. The other technique I like is that they have made the cover greyscale apart from the splash of colour for the title; I think that this is effective as the stripped back look helps the text to work with the imagery in harmony rather than them both fighting each other. This is what I need to take forward in my own design practice, 'Less is More'.