30 Eye-Catching Table of Contents Designs
Next to cover design, the next thing that a person sees whenever he or she reads a book or a magazine is the table of contents (TOC). As a designer, one therefore needs to realize the importance of making the table of contents as interesting as the cover page. In the past, table of contents is one of the most neglected part of a book cover, annual report designs or magazine layout simply because this page only contains the main parts of the publication and their respective locations. However, recently, we have seen a trend towards making the table of contents visually appealing. Now, we see graphic elements, photos and creative typographic designs in the TOC.
In case you are looking for some inspiration in creating visually rich TOC, we have compiled here a total of 30 mouth-watering TOC designs for you to check out. To know more about each design, simply click on the preview image.
01-Superinteressante Magazine – Table of Contents
These are some pages from the table of contents of Superinteressante Magazine. The spreads are designed to display the magazine’s content, including pages, pictures, texts and subjects, as data visualization. Every issue features a different graphic solution. We are featuring only two of examples below. Follow the link to see more awesome table of contents design examples.
02-Table of Contents of an Annual Report
Here’s a clean and minimal vertical table of contents layout of an Annual Report.
03-Table of Contents of Morphosys 2007 Annual Report
04-Magazine Spread: Table of Contents
The table of contents page for Connect Magazine.
05-The Washington Post – Local Living Table of Contents
A For this table of contents of The Washington Post’s Local Living, a stack of books was used to make it unique.
06-Magazine Spread: Table of Contents-Features
A very neat concept for a table of contents. The key to achieving this look is to use nice photos.
07-Table of Contents Layout for a magazine
08-Eye Magazine Table of Contents Redesign
The first photo is the actual table of contents and the second is the experimental version. Which one do you think is better?
Table of Contents design for Graphis Magazine. The idea of incorporating a map of the solar system grew out of the desire to communicate all that the international magazine encompasses.
This table of contents is part of the re-design of the once-hideous book How to do Almost Anything, edited by Jason Roberts.
11-Sample Table of Contents
Using diagonal lines can create a unique interest in a rather bland and simple design as shown in the example below.
12-TOC of Stark Magazine
13-Table of Contents for Knitcircus Winter 2010–11
14-Tables of Contents: Extra Ordinary
15-Table of contents: Eating and Competing (1984)
An Olympic athlete cookbook published in 1984 by Philmay Enterprises, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia
16-Redesign for a Spread Magazine Table of Contents
17-Metro Arts Lifestyle Magazine
Table of contents for a fictional lifestyle magazine called Metro Arts.
18-TOC Design Concept for VIP Magazine
19-Concept layout for a table of contents for a Science Magazine
20-Orange Coast Magazine Table of Contents (Redesign)
21.Sample table of contents concept for a magazine
22-Elephant Magazine – Table of Contents
23-Sample Table of Contents for a Sports Magazine
24-Magazine Spread: Table of Contents
Here is an example of table of contents that makes use of minimalist approach to create a modern look and feel.
25- Simple table of contents page for a travel book
26-Table of Contents for a mock magazine job
27-CMYK Magazine: Table of Contents
28-Concept Table of Contents for a Design Magazine
29-Pure – Table of Contents
Pure Magazine Table of Contents editorial layout.
30-Print Magazine Table of Contents Featuring an Abstract Layout