Journal tagged by Magazine-y

There are articles in publications and also articles of clothing: Article belongs to both worlds, a luxury magazine stocked alongside garments by iconic luxe brands such as Alexander McQueen, Burberry and Paul Smith. Its sewn binding is deliberately frayed like...

The new gritty black, white and hot pink issue of mono.kultur takes electronic producer and political activist Terre Thaemlitz as its interviewee – the DJ/writer/educator/campaigner with multiple pseudonyms who often switches between male and female garb. The magazine itself constantly...

As this week’s Printout event reminded us, illustration is one of the key tools for magazine makers. And if there’s one magazine that’s on top of the subject, it’s Wrap. With their tenth issue they reached a new level of...

There’s been a subtle shift in how some people are approaching independent magazines. Instead of a simple, relieved thank you for their existance as proof that print will survive, we are witnessing more outright criticism. Perhaps it’s a sign of...

Architecture magazines that choose overt design over minimalism set themselves a compelling challenge. They get to think about how to use a flat page to evoke three-dimensional space and atmospheric place; photographs alone can’t quite convey the enveloping sensation of...

At magCulture’s Pick Me Up event last week, Weapons of Reason’s Danny Miller made the statement that a first issue of a magazine is essentially a ‘proof of concept’, and that the second issue is a chance to fix the...