Journal tagged by At work with

When we consider AI and publishing, the focus is usually on the effect of the technology on production. But we’ve also seen a series of magazines about AI appearing, the latest being Godmothers, which sits at the intersection of women, ethical AI, and technology. Founder Claire Belhassine tells us more.

Different Leaf first appeared in 2019 as one of a stream of magazines reflecting the newly liberal cannabis laws in some US states. Now that market has matured, founder Michael Kusek has relaunched the magazine, aiming to look more broadly at how cannabis influences culture and how culture influences cannabis.

As we make final preparations for this weekend’s magCulture Fair, we meet one of the international publishers taking part. Sarah Ingram will be flying in from Los Angeles with copies of her magazine Art Bar, about which she tell us, ‘We are trying to learn about artist’s lives and how it influences their work and process.’

Record Culture returns! After a four year hiatus, the magazine offering a close-up look at niche music and its relationship with art, fashion and culture is back with issue eleven. Founder/editor Karl Henkell reminds us what we’ve been missing as he reintroduces the magazine and explains what he’s been up to.

This week, The Observer magazine, one of Britain’s oldest newspaper magazines was relaunched as O magazine and given a new look. The redesign was led by design consulatant Mark Leeds, who tells us about the process of developing a new look for a weekly slongside the in-house design team.

This week we meet Ashley Yun, co-founder of Toothsome, the London magazine about food and conviviality. As issue two arrives in shops, she talks about the magazines that have inspired her, what makes her magazine different to other food titles, and what she and co-founder DK Woon learned from their first issue.