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Introduction: The TinHouse literary magazine was created in 1999 to be a literary magazine for the every day or leisurely reader. It shares works of well-known and unknown authors as well as works produced by its own staff. The TinHouse literary magazine focuses more on producing and displaying well written and underappreciated pieces of literature than obtaining recognition for the site itself.
The first thing you notice when coming to the site is the blocky black text. The logo is subtle and practical which sets the basic theme of the site. The TinHouse centered title is on every page and allows an individual to return to the home screen at any time by just clicking on it. The next thing you notice is the rotating content portion featuring new information or pieces that were just released on the site. It rotates every seven seconds allowing the viewer to read the information and not have to wait a long period of time until the next one. The navigation bar underneath the TinHouse title has the three main subcategories listed. Once a subcategory is clicked there become more options on the navigation bar to further help someone find what they are looking for. It allows the individual to pick a specific genre or look at featured work. The next element of the site you will notice is a great balance of white space to content. It strikes a large enough space between works or pictures so the viewer knows where one ends and the next one begins. A visitor to the site would have no problem tracking from one box to another.
The works are categorized by rows with each row contains 4 literary pieces with the titles underneath and is easily organized for the visitor to look or browse a particular literary work. The font is very simple, easy to read, and is not intimidating. It is a basic font that does not distract the reader from the words. When looking at the books, they all have a different font than the title. The font is universal for all the titles of books and they have capitalized all the letters of the author’s name to make it easy to see who the work was created by. The site also provides descriptions of books that are coming soon to allow viewers to get a feel for what the book is about. It provides an in-depth look at unreleased books for readers to find the one that piques their interest. After the description of a book, the site provides reviews from other people or literary sources to give more perspective on the piece of literature. Color plays a part in the site because each book cover or magazine cover features its own unique identity and color scheme. Since the works are all written by different people with different styles the scheme is not going to be the same from piece to piece. The plain black and white scheme of the site allows the reader to be drawn to particular works without distractions.