News from the magosphere 10th August 08

Capricious #8 is unbound
Each spread is kept loose, so it can go up on your wall. Reminds me of Rakete, the rather fine poster magazine produced by students in Düsseldorf

BBC to launch Lonely Planet magazine
Grauniad claims it will compete with Conde Nast Traveller and Sunday Times Travel. Surely it’s more likely to have Wanderlust and similar in its sights?

Esquire US produces handwritten cover lines
Now plagiarising itself

New luxury mag for iPhone
Not a first per se but having daily refreshed content in a bimonthly you buy on iTunes sounds intriguingly confusing. The price point sends mixed signals too

Is this the launch of the revamped Baron/O’Brien Interview?
The Kate Moss/Catwoman cover line suggests so. I wonder how those half-tones will come out in the printing? UPDATE: Yep, with increased distribution too

BAD IDEA opens up the Butcher’s Shop
Transparency and a lesson in good editing; mouseover for detailed comments. Part of their new Writer’s Lab

(Yet another) new contemporary arts magazine “takes flight”
I like the look of its selection, how it gives images space, and the playfulness of some of the giant typography. Will need good printing to make it all stand out. Not sure why, but it feels similar to the less-inspiring-but-also-Aussie Monument. Maybe it’s the architecture spread

Every copy has his thumbprint
Cute