Journal tagged by A mag in five pix

Regular readers will know how much we enjoy The Fence for its journalism, humour and general tone of voice. But what about the design? Art director Mathias Clottu talks us through the new issue discussing the magazine’s typography, its monochrome front cover, and the difficulty of keeping things simple.

Berlin-based mono-kultur interviews one artist every issue, and uses its diminutive cutdown A5 format in clever ways to express the character and work of that central figure. Issue 50 features Mike Mills, whose three areas of creative activity are intelligently expressed with a clever bit of paper engineering.

The third in our series marking Pride month features New York’s Gayletter, which  began as an email newsletter offering a curated guide to gay art, culture and nightlife in the city. Six years since its launch in print, the magazine has the pulling power to attract the likes of Charli XCX, Honey Dijon and Frank Ocean as its cover stars.

For the second in our Pride-inspired series in which we delve a little deeper into our favourite queer magazines, Danielle takes a retrospective look at the boldly monochrome multidimensional archival platform HÄN, the publication that inspired our ‘We Love Queer Magazines’ event earlier this year.

For the first in a series of magazine reviews marking Pride month 2024, Danielle introduces No One, a brand new magazine digging into underground queer nightlife and culture one place at a time, starting with its maker’s home city, Amsterdam. ‘It’s armchair travel with a queer twist,’ she concludes.

The latest issue of Rubbish FAMzine is out this week! We take a look through this twelfth in the series from Singapore, this time titled, ‘The Insatiable Beasts devours Tokyoto Again.’ This one takes the form of a card box packed with zines and other elements, all celebrating the Lim family’s long-awaited return visit to Japan.