The Hall of Femmes is an important idea, realised immaculately in their first publication. Neat title, too.
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This is the year in all the various Vogue covers, overlaid.
Simple concept, fascinating results. Click here to view each of the editions as overlaid images.
(via @coverclub, Fashioncopious.com)
UPDATE: A similar visual display with Elle covers was on view at Art Basel Miami this year. Photo shot by @BeccaClaraLove.
UPDATE 2: Stylite tries it with a few other titles, with varying degrees of success.
Just completed a move, plus plenty going on here – so there’s a lot to catch up on. Deep breath now…
Which fonts do fashion magazine logos use?
Some actually useful information among the speculation
Longform publishes its Best of 2010 lists
Ladies and Gentlemen, start your Instapapers
Jeff Bridges redraws Esquire UK’s logo and masthead
Love the photo. Reminds me of this Vogue cover
Popular Mechanics, Esquire and Amazon: together at last
Or should that read “at least”?
Fray wants you to touch their junk
Good deal for back issues of this intelligent mag of The Moth/This American Life-esque tales edited by the co-founder of JPG
Foto8 has a great pre-Christmas offer on
Dear Santa, I’d like 25% off and an extra issue of probably the very best photojournalism mag out there, thanks
Japanese PDF photography magazine supplies soundtrack for iPad reading
They seem to go together nicely
Nolayout creates digital editions for independent publishers
Multimedia it ain’t, but straightforward JPEGs means no compatibility problems. Lovely simple clean interface too
Nieves brings zines to the iPhad
Not quite how Xerox intended, but you can’t fault the price or accessibility. While we’re on the subject…
Article has just started a blog about free magazines
Excellent stuff on there so far. Expect to see some of these appearing in envelopes of Stack America subscribers over the next year
New McSweeney’s arrives inside a head
It’s all about the presentation. *Love* the 40-inch scroll of fortunes
Fire & Knives is preparing a day of presentations
Sounds delicious
Who cares about age? V does
Fashion mag does an “age is beautiful” special, apparently Photoshops its cover star to remove wrinkles
Bonnier starts to release iPad-only mini publications
Jean’s new blog has the story – as it seems to have most stories lately. Follow his constantly excellent blogging taking place over at The Magaziner
Chrome’s Web Store contains some iPhone/iPad apps
The code’s rewritten, but the functionality is identical. If you’re looking for something mag-themed, you may want to start here. All of which suggests that the next Android/Chrome OS updates will be interesting. In summary: The Great Conjunction is getting closer
Marie Claire introduces video-heavy direction for its iPad app
Hot Studio is brought in to bring some pizzazz to the mag within Zinio’s distribution channel. And in case you were wondering why there haven’t been many iPad mag reviews on here yet, that’s because there are *things* happening behind the scenes. Big news afoot…
Zinesters share their NYC
If anyone knows how to make the most of a tiny budget…
Harper’s Bazaar in “we scratch advertisers’ backs” non-shocker
Surely this is the most open secret since the grassy knoll?
South African teen magazine uses creative commons licenses
But how easy do they make it for the content to be remixed?
New magazine launches for pole dancers
Simply tuck $10 into the waistband of your nearest newsagent
Playboy goes all Willy Wonka
I said Wonka
Magazero offers free magazines anywhere around the world
As in beer
Pop‘s editor in chief resigns
Since its relaunch, it’s been a great magazine, and a glorious physical object. Hope her departure doesn’t change things. Her first cover star, lest we forget, was teenage blogger Tavi Gevinson, who is now working on a magazine with Sassy founder Jane Pratt
Magazines help children buy cigarettes
Face recognition software hits a glitch
A last look at Interni‘s Russian edition
Recently closed by its publisher, there’s some great architecture and design spreads in that link to enjoy
1960s French magazine covers have a lot of cheek
Speaking of which…
BUTT towels are now on sale
The funniest thing I saw at this year’s NY Art Book Fair
A history of Apple tablets
It’s been a long time coming. Check out the Macintosh Folio, designed by Jonathan Ive
Opium100 needs your help
Make ‘em laugh, make ‘em laugh
Ann Summers releases Cosmo tie-in range
Because diamonds are no longer a girl’s best friend. Men have to make do with Loaded’s Stamina Shot
Variety releases “slanguage” glossary
What the infopike has been waiting for
Lovely-looking new design mag launches
In an edition of only 100, sadly. Fortunately, its content is also here, and features many Magtastic Blogfavourites, including Jörg Koch and Mark Kiessling
Interview with Mono.kultur‘s Kai
The new issue is unsurprisingly gorgeous
Some Magazine looks interesting
Features unusual use of the comma,
Punk zine archive
Anarchy in the PDF
Put A Egg On It #3 announced
Lifetime subscriptions are available
Bidoun runs beautiful, individualised covers
They printed 5,000 copies, and stapled to the cover of each a photograph from a Cairo fleamarket
Stack America now offers six-month subscriptions
In case you need your independent magazine fix in smaller installments. Get ready for more seasonal offers from December 1st
Magazero sells work from The President
Innovative and reasonably priced magazines from one of the more creative studios out there, based in South Africa – MK Bruce/Lee, Coco/Joe and Goodwill Fernandez all worth getting. Magazero’s really shaping up into a lovely collection, thanks in part to Motto Distribution
Free downloads of U&lc back issues
Classic typography and editorial design magazine
How to get around The New Yorker‘s paywall
Because that’s what happens to paywalls
The Last Dot Dot Dot
Occasionally obtuse but mostly interesting design and thought magazine Dot Dot Dot calls it a day at twenty issues
OK Festival reviews magazines on Facebook
See the captions on the images for the reviews
Anna Wintour used to work at Penthouse Publications
And seemed to emerge with dignity intact
Microsoft’s digital magazine predictions from ten years ago
Right ideas, wrong timing. Which is as short a summary as you’ll get of Microsoft’s strategy since 2000
Five graphic design magazines from 50 years ago
They don’t make ‘em like that any more. Also check out the next post on that blog for some Swiss loveliness
Free download of McSweeney’s fake Yeti Researcher journal
Orginially part of the marvellous “envelopes” edition
Elle UK’s rough should have been the cover
Not sure how Nas Capas got hold of it, but as is often the case, the process is more remarkable than the result
When I was in Bulgaria earlier this year, a lovely and talented fellow came up to me and gave me a copy of a zine that he made in 2004.
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