Double page spread research

Here are two images of double page spreads from 'Q' magazine, the first thing that stands out in both of these double page spreads is the larger letter, this letter is related to the artists name as its the first letter, the colour and font of the letter also fits in with the house style of the magazine. Another thing that stands out majorly on both double pages is that the picture of the artists takes up a whole side of the double page, this could be a potential idea that i could take onboard in my double page spread.
Other noticeable things on both pages are that they have used 3 columns, this is typical for double page spreads. The Best things about both of these double pages is the simplicity factor, in my personal opinion it makes the page look more attractive and more desirable to read apart from the heavy text.
At the bottom of the page, there is a small 'Q' with the page number next to it, the page numbers are shown in 3 digits, e.g. page 1 would be 001 and page 68 would be 068.

Here are two double page spreads from NME magazine, as you can see NME choose a similar layout to Q as they have put an image across a whole page but have also put it over the other page aswell, this brings a great advantage as it will draw the reader into the article, its also lessens the bulk of text written on the double page. NME have also used similar fonts as the rest of the magazine making sure that they keep a goos consistent house style, also another noticeable feature on both double page spreads is that they have quotes from the article in a larger bulky font so that it instantly stands out to the reader making them want to read on.
NME also has page numbers at the bottom of the page allong with the date of the issue, the numbers on NME are simple one digit numbers with the date shown next to it in italics.