Journal tagged by Magazines
News
Grazia art director joins US Marie Claire
Suzanne Sykes is to leave her award-winning role at Grazia to join fellow brit Joanna Coles, editor of US Marie Claire. She moves to New York in August. More on Press Gazette site.
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Plastique
Plastique is a new independent fashion title just launched from London. Designed by Matt Willey, late of Vince Frost's London studio, it features a strong typographic identity that is undoubtedly the star of the magazine. Yes there's plenty of big-production...
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Fairy Tale
Following my post about Purple a while back there were several anti-Purple comments, and my attention was drawn to this post on Print Fetish. All valid criticism – the magazine and its aesthetic have become the middle ground, no longer...
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Monocle/Portfolio
Today's MediaGuardian has David Hepworth comparing Monocle and Conde Nast's new US launch Portfolio, two new magazines aiming for the afluent business person. He concludes Monocle should be a TV show, and gives Portfolio a better chance of survival because...
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Event
Magazine collection for sale
I received an email from Milton Simpson in New York offering to sell what sounds like a unique collection of about 325 first editions of magazines from the 1960s thru 90s. Titles include: Push, Sassy, Blind Spot, Jock, Metro, Fame,...
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Boutique glossies rampant in Soho!
The New York Observer discovers the world of independent magazine publishing.
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