Best of the best-ofs, 2014
This was the most disturbingly powerful magazine image I saw all year. Spotted in a US suburban grocery store by NY designer Able Parris, it’s a reminder that magazines will pop up to feed any market.
Meanwhile, in the magical world of lists…
Robert Newmans’s best front cover brand was The New York Times Magazine.
Stack followers’ favourite twelve indie covers (one per month) included The Gentlewoman, Noble Rot and Colors.
Mediabistro’s front cover of the year was Time Out New York’s end-of-summer September issue.
Designer Max Randall selected his top 10 indie covers…
…and It’s Nice That’s Rob Alderson selected seven indies in his round-up.
Creative Bloq identified 13 best covers…
… and This Isn’t Happiness chose their favourites of the year…
…while Coverjunkie readers voted for one cover.
A reminder of ASME’s US 2014 National Magazine Awards results…
…and The BSME’s UK awards winners…
…not forgetting our Printout audience vote.
Bloomberg Businessweek always share a Jealousy List – the best stories they overlooked.
And finally, listen to this weekend’s Monocle24 The Stack to hear me and It’s Nice That’s ed-in-chief Rob Alderson discuss our thoughts for 2015.