The Magazine of the Decade is…
Overmatter
Indepth redesigns hit Australian newspapers (thanks Marcus).
More best covers – this time AdAge selects the best of the decade. That Economist cover? Really?
A great source of front covers – Nas Capas blog.
The Guardian launch their iPhone app. Review to follow.
SPD Grids spots an upside-down cover trend.
Christmas #7: magCulture poster
Forgive me, I don’t usually blow my own trumpet here, but the poster I designed for the London Design Festival earlier this year is on sale at Blanka. The poster promotes the crowdsourced map of London magazine stores (have you added your favourite?), and was one of 20 about London commissioned for an exhibition at the festival. Any profits go towards the cost of that show.
Reminder: front covers of the year 2009
Thank you if you’ve already responded to my appeal last week for your favourite front cover of the year.
Keep them coming – and not just your work, but the best single cover you’ve seen all year. Any type of magazine from any country. I’m sure we can better Time’s list.
Magazines of the year
The December issue of Creative Review takes a look back at 2009, and includes my overview of the magazines of the year. Regular magCulture readers won’t be surprised by what I include, and you can see some details in the image above, but if you want to see the full piece you’ll have to pick up a copy as the content is now only available online to subscribers. That in itself is one of the big publishing changes initiated this year – the arrival of the online paywall. Expect more next year.
Talking of which, for my February column for the magazine I’ll be writing about iPhone Apps created by/for magazines. I already have a few on my phone, but get in touch if you have an App you think relevant. Thanks
Christmas #6: No.Zine
It’s hard sometimes keeping the balance here at magCulture. So, after much US-ness, here’s a lovely local independent zine that would make an ideal Christmas gift for anyone with a love of visual communciation.
Andy Cowles, this Wednesday
Last call for the final few tickets – join EDO for our final event of the year at Pentagram this Wednesday, 16th, and hear Andy Cowles, one of the world’s most experienced magazine designers, talk about front cover design. Details here.
While I’m talking EDO, following the success of the DIY exhibition at the start of 2009, we’re planning a repeat in late January. Renew your membership before then and get free entry to the exhibition and party, details tbc.
Strong cover strategy
Good covers come from a strong strategy, but this is taking a constant direction a bit too far, surely. On the left, Mens Health Oct 2007. On the right, Men’s Health Dec 2009.
This has been doing the email rounds over the past day or so, thanks everyone who sent it to me.
The top ten magazine covers of 2009?
As if to prove the point discussed below about the US-orientation of the SPD Annual, Time’s top ten front covers features nine US magazines and one Australian cover. A couple of great covers included – the Halloween New Yorker cover, above, is a personal favourite and was featured here on publication – but overall a rather dull bunch. Or was it just a dull year?
Such lists are often justified by the editorial twist ‘which ones would you have chosen?’
So lets do it. What was your single favourite magazine front cover of the year? Any cover, any magazine, any country. Ideally email me a JPEG of the cover and a few words of justification if you have time. But the pic will do. Can we do better than Time? Can we prove George Lois wrong?
jeremy [at] magCulture [dot] com
Closing date Friday 18 December.
George Lois says…
‘Magazine design is almost an oxymoron with most magazines today. It goes for even a great magazine like Vanity Fair. If you get even one inch of white space to breath you’re lucky. Everybody’s just packing in the information. Most magazines you pick up — you choke to death.’
Legendary US editorial figure doesn’t pull his punches. More on BlackBook site.
UPDATE: More here.
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