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The way we were

Wondering what magazines looked like before photography? Visit MagazineArt, an extraordinary resource of 19th and early 20th century front covers.

Out now

Dot Dot Dot #13 published

First it was Dutch, now it's American: Dot Dot Dot moves to New York and launches issue 13, promising more about the MITIM font. Review later. (thanks Andrew)

Event

Vince Frost in London (not Manchester)

Vince Frost is one of the speakers in this year's D&AD President's Lectures series. He talks in Manchester on 21 March, details on the D&AD website. Correction: the talk takes place in London, not Manchester, on March 21. Details here.

New magazine

Coming soon: IPC's big new launch

IPC's mysterious 'Project Honey' is revealed as Look magazine, launching next month. Read more in the Observer.

Cover story

Time magazine's Person of the Year

The Time 2006 Person of the Year cover, above, features… Us, which makes a nice change from the usual president/businessman/pope. A quick scan of the Time Person of the Year archive shows that lone women have featured twice (1953's Queen...

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Japanese magazines

Want to know what's happening in Japanese publishing? Read Jean Snow's magazine column here.