July 1, 2010
Gymclass Magazine #6
Gym Class Magazine is establishing itself as an essential for anyone interested in independent magazines. Every issue features well-chosen interviews and pieces about the scene, as well as other more tangential pieces (in this case Mystery Jets).
Issue 6 continues its tour of formats. What started as a small-format black and white and became a taboid black and whites now turns up as a mid-sized colour glossy. So glossy in fact that the cover is almost impossible to photograph. The example above is the limited edition pink version – most copies have a high-gloss black background.
Art director Andrew Diprose (The Ride Journal, Wired) is interviewed about his love of cycling, and offers the above rallying call for magazine makers.
There’s also a timely Q&A with Clara Montagut, art director of Spanish Esquire. Their covers have been attracting much attention recently, not least here, and the above selection shows why.
Editor of The Gentlewoman Penny Martin and 032c’s Joerg Koch are also interviewed in the issue.
If you love magazines – and if you’ve come this far I think that can be taken for granted – this is a must-have both for itself as a magazine and for its content. It’s great to see a small project grow issue by issue and show such ambition.
Flick through the issue on their website, where you can also order your copy.
2 Comments
Comment on July 2, 2010 by Dmitriy says:
Sad, but Esquire Spanish covers is the copies of the Russian ones.
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