News from the Magosphere Feb 4th ’11

Front coverline design seems to reference Fire & Knives
Magtastic’s awarding of magazine of 2010 clearly had an effect

It’s quicker to go to the store than to download Wired on the iPad
Depending on how close you are to the store. And that you’re in the same country – a lot of the market for the app isn’t. It is, admittedly, hugely annoying that you can’t multitask while a download happens – which is Apple’s fault, not Wired‘s

Tokyo store serves up only free newspapers and magazines
Looking forward to a report from the always-excellent, Tokyo-based The Magaziner

The Drawbridge redesigns, is no longer a newspaper format
Looks lovely – though the danger is that they might be known as WBRIDGE from now on

V Man appears to place dollar bills on its cover
Not sure if this is real, or a fake viral. Nice use of the idea, though, and goes well with the “No Risk, No Reward” coverline. And every copy is actually packed by models

An investigation into the importance of music magazine design
Student project that interviewed me, Jeremy, David Hepworth and others. I like his visual breakdown method

Samples of C A R S O N magazine appear online
It’s as if the early 90s never left town (via Quintatinta) UPDATE: They seem to have pulled the document. Diego took a couple of screenshots of what was an eight-page, landscape document with some very distinctively Carsonesque designs, complete with a surfing story and what looked like some draft versions of his Huck and Little White Lies covers.