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After 20 years on big glossies such as Harper’s Bazaar and Tatler, British art director Jeannine Saba launched her own publishing company specialising in free, local magazines. This month her first title, The Covent Gardener, marks its tenth anniversary with a special issue. She reveals more as she shares her week.

As issue five appears in shops, we felt it was time to take a closer look at annual magazine The Lissome. Founder Dörte de Jesus, an artist/designer who has worked across many German magazines, explains how fashion—or ‘clothing culture’—can co-exist with the need for a more sustainable world.

We talk a lot at magCulture about the importance of magazines as objects, so we were excited by new magazine 3 objects, a title dedicated to objects and the meaning their owners invest in them. Founder Sven Durst tells us more as he shares his work space, inspirations and working week.

New magazine No Way Back delivers a brilliant punch of eighties London and New York pop culture, reproducing contemporary writing from magazines such as Sounds, Ritz and Village Voice alongside photography of the actual printed pages and a series of photo archives. Co-founder Andy Crysell explains more as he shares his week.

Echo Wu publishes 1413 with her university friend Lisa. The magazine reflects their shared experience of China; ‘Our perspective is shaped by everyday life, things we encounter like street signs, old books, movie title cards, packaging,’ she tells us as she outlines the origins of 1413 and shares her working week.

Vanguard Union Press is an exciting new magazine that features a ‘visual interview’ with one artist every issue. Olivia Wunsche interviews and photographs the subject, the results being presented in a format that unfolds into a series of posters. ‘The idea was to give the object a longer life,’ she explains as she shares her week.