Journal tagged by Page 23

Our latest Page 23 highlights a beautiful example of how a five-way conversation can be designed to make the reading experience not only functionally efficient but aesthetically pleasing too. It’s from the latest issue of Swiss contemporary music mag Zweikommasieben.

I’ve been thinking about magazines and time in relation to an upcoming lecture, and this latest Page 23 highlights one way print interacts with time; it’s also a lovely excuse to revisit the joys of Rubbish FAMzine as we await issue 11 next year.

This new magazine from London is packed with thought-provoking writing and imagery. So it may seem perverse to focus our attention on a blank page in the issue, our latest Page 23; yet a blank page can be just as important as a busy text-laden page.

New Swiss architecture magazine Superposition arrives wrapped in a gorgeously contrasting red and blue typographic cover announcing the theme, Hardcore Home.
Inside, a series of thoughtful stories about Home are presented in a gentler manner, and our latest Page 23 is typical of that.

Slovakian design mag Backstage Talks has quietly developed into a must-read for graphic designers. As well as interviewing a good selection of designers every issue, the magazine also digs up the right questions. A good example can be found on Page 23 of the latest issue.

The latest issue of MacGuffin is as rich and varied as ever, using a single item – in this case the humble rug – to open up ‘The Life of Things.’ Yet page 23 of the magazine reminds us of...