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Our friends at Amsterdam’s Athenaeum mag shop recently recommended local zine Purgatory Sandwich to us. We loved it, and needed to know some more about its powerful visuals and mix of comedic verve and earnest campaigning. Founder Péter Kormányos obliges as he shares his working week and offers advice to wannabe publishers.

Ukrainian magazine The Black Sea Whale was first conceived as a platform for new Ukrainian writers and illustrators; as its publishers Ulana and Marko Suprun developed the idea, Russia invaded the country and the magazine was published in a very different context. Ulana tells us more as she shares her working week. 

New York-based writer Samuel Medina is editor of New York Review of Architecture, the tabloid-sized black and yellow magazine that is building an audience for its long-form essays about architecture and its place in the wider culture. He tells us more about the magazine—and its rat mascots—as he shares his week ahead.

As UK bakery Gail’s launches the first issue of their magazine Companion, we hear from Roy Levy, who runs the company’s Creative Studio. Roy oversaw the magazine’s production. He tells us, ‘While most people are familiar with what we do, we realised that not enough people truly understand who we are or what we stand for.’

London art director Alex Hunting has built a strong reputation for editorial design, with a number of high-profile redesigns and an ongoing role at Kinfolk. He’s just launched his own magazine, Footnotes, ‘A journal for artistic exchange.’ He tells us more about the mag as he shares his working week.

As the ninth edition of her typography design magazine TypeOne appears in shops—themed food and packaging—we hear from founder Amber Weaver about the magazine’s shift to working with guest editors and her ambitions for its future. She also shares some detailed advice on starting your own publication.