Real Review #16
115 x 260 mm, 104 pages (with 1p Royal Mail Stamp inserted)
London, UK
Editor-in-chief: Jack Self
Associate editor: Maddy Weavers
Art direction and design: Colin Doerffler
Perennially popular at the magCulture shop, this ingeniously formatted magazine concerns architecture (and life) in its broadest sense: ‘What it means to live today’. This issue of Real Review is dedicated to ‘the mood of regime shifts,’ with the reinstatement of the magazine's signature cover design by Nishant Choksi marking such a shift in mood:
‘We tend to think of regimes as political, and either autocratic or democratic. Today, both models are identical flavours of plutocracy. Who pays wins. Systemic change appears impossible, even as it becomes ever more urgent. The powers at play are simply too massive to displace; great waves smashing the shore, even as the tide recedes. But regimes do not only change, they also shift… This issue of Real Review is dedicated to the mood of regime shifts.’
On the Journal:
Founder Jack Self shares the strategy behind the magazine’s cover designs.
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