Journal tagged by Magazine-y

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.

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.

Grass is a magazine of working class literature and art. The fourth issue has just been published, as packed as ever with strong content but also benefitting from a refereshed physical appearance. Editor Tommy Sissons and designer Jake Buckley tell us more as they share their working week.

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.

On a mission to bring true Indonesian food to the world, Rahel Stephanie runs London’s sell-out supper club Spoons and has just launched a zine, Pedas. A mix of recipes and musings about Rahel’s Jakarta roots, it has been vividly designed to express the spice of the cuisine. She tells us more as she shares her week ahead.

 

Magazines can be many things, but distribution channel for student design research promises something special. February’s Magazine of the Month delivers on that promise: the latest issue of A Line Which Forms A Volume, the annual print output from MA Graphic Design students at the London College of Communication.