Journal tagged by New magazines

The City is Ours is possibly the most perfect subject yet for our ‘It’s this one thing’ strand. The nicher-than-niche concern of this launch issue—the first in a series of six encouraging street-level curiosity—is the chewed-up-and-uncermoniously-spat-out chewing gum that adds chance pattern to our cities.

 

CSM graphics graduate Min Kim recently dropped off a sample copy of Playbot, part of her final year project. We were immediately drawn to its AI-driven content, and that punning title. At once serious and comedic, it’s a small but startling starter for the conversation about how humans and technology might coexist together in the future.

New launch Disco Pogo is the latest magazine to confound the idea that the music mag is a fading genre. Launched by the duo behind 90’s dance music/club culture mag Jockey Slut, it continues where that left off in 2004, covering old and new dance music. We hear from co-founder Paul Benney about his working week, his influences, and the origins of the new mag.

After 25 issues of Turps, the magazine about art made by artists, the same publishers have launched MASS, a sister magazine about sculpture made by sculptors. Editor (and sculptor) Nicky Hirst shares her week as the first issue of the new mag arrives in shops.

Football mag Mundial is back! The popular print edition was cancelled early in the pandemic, but its return has just been confirmed. We hear the inside story from editor/founder Dan Sandison as he talks us through his influences and working week.

For our latest ‘It’s this one thing’ post, Danielle takes a walk through an ancient, enchanted forest with Mushroom People. This one-off mag from the Broccoli team combines the fantastical and the contemporary as it highlights the renaissance of interest in our fungal neighbours.