Cover and Table of Contents

For my magazine cover and table of contents, I decided I wanted to use different lines and shapes so that it would relate to the 2 page spread and impact spread. I also wanted it to have that architectural feel to it. 

Here are some sketches that I drew up:

I took the designing into illustrator and started playing with it. This is what I came up with for the cover:

Next I played with a very similar idea for the table of contents:

I later decided to play with it even more and change up the background. This is the final product of my table of contents: