Magazine-style theme, any one?

Hey, people.

I’ve been working with WordPress for a while now, and I absolutely love it. I’ve created a couple online magazines based on WordPress in the recent past (Split Magazine and Nirali Magazine), and since then, I’ve been getting quite a few e-mails requesting me for a magazine-style WordPress theme.

I’ve finally decided to create and release a theme to the community. This is the first time I’m creating a theme for release to the general public (all my themes before this have been custom-made for clients) — what, according to you, makes a good WordPress theme (colours, specific features, compatibility with any specific plugins, stuff like that)? I’ll do my best to create a good theme based on your feedback 🙂

Thanks for your time. Bring on the suggestions!