News from the Magosphere April 27th ’09

Porfolio closes
Finally put out of its misery. It was an ambitious idea, hamstrung by constantly changing staff, poor cover choices and, in the end, the economy. They did some good stories though, and brought an old-fashioned ‘big spend’ ethic to business reporting – perhaps one of the last to give that a go

The retail/cover price flowchart
A whizz with the Powerpoint he ain’t, but Hello! Canada’s associate publisher breaks it down simply for them that wants to know

NY Photo Festival co-curated by magazine people
Photo eds of Foto8 and New York – two magazines I enjoy – help build a festival. Speaking of controversial imagery…

Look mum, no Photoshop!
Though next time try no studio lighting, no camera filters either. Still, careless Photoshop isn’t ‘armless

Wallpaper* team goes to China to create new issue
A bit like the method that Swiss magazine soDA used to employ. But with a bigger budget

Small-run art magazine leaves magazines on park benches
Lovely subversion of distribution ethic

Highlights from AIGA exhibition on dance magazines
A great reminder of how not all interesting magazine design comes from fashion magazines

Subscribe to the Zinoteck!
Following on from Stack… it’s Netflix for magazines!

Digital magazine features live Twitter feed
Not very well designed, but it’s a signal of intent

Sticker magazine leaves its mark
Graffiti for lazy people

Avant Garde issue 1 – now on issuu
The start of seeing classic mags re-emerge from the archives. Anyone here make partworks? I would love to create a classic magazines reprint partwork… and I know there’s a market for it, if we can only sort out the copyright minefield. Partworks people, get in touch!