Journal tagged by Magazine of the Month

Safar’s mix of well-argued texts and beautifully curated imagery makes it a special magazine, but its the way it links archive material from the southern hemisphere with the traditions of the western graphics canon that makes it our September Magazine of the month. Level two Club members should already have their copies.

This sixth issue of Backstage Talks is their best yet, successfully bridging design and business in a precise and accessible manner. It encourages the reader to be curious via a series of responses from an impressive array of design names including magazine heroes Mirko Borsche, Mark Porter and Chloe Scheffe. It’s our August Magazine of the Month!

When OOF first appeared, I had two immediate thoughts. First, its combination of art and football was compellingly niche. And second, how long could a magazine like that last? Nine issues later it has answered that second question—there are plenty of stories about art and football. Read on to find out more about July’s Mag of the Month.

After a gap of five years, MC1R, the magazine for redheads, has made a sudden return. We welcome the magazine back as an old friend and highlight it as our Magazine of the Month for June, as we speak to re-enthused founder/editor Tristan Rodgers about the comeback, the current state of the redhead world, and his sunscreen project.

A new month means a new Magazine of the Month, and as the London weather teases us with the possibility of spring barbeques, what better mag to celebrate than Pit, the magazine of Food & Fire? Their balance of the serious and the fun makes for another hunger-inducing issue… crisp sandwich anyone?

March’s Magazine of the Month is the new issue of Fukt, another sketchbook-like collection of images enhanced this time by the very specific theme, Faces. This tightly specific subject makes for a rich selection of drawings and stories, while the cover concept hints at the long links between faces and magazines.