Grafik has a new cover concept
Some nice possibilities with this one
Renting an apartment for your Playboy collection
Confessions of a female centerfold obsessive
Jeremy redesigns FHM UK
Gives it a much more clearly delineated structure. He also kindly gives Magtastic Blogsplosion a shout out here, where he says that most of his links come from Twitter these days. Should I start tweeting?
Gute Seiten has a lovely round up of small, new magazines
Palimpsest in particular sounds intriguing
How W art director matches headlines to photography
I think Klaus/Haus is my favourite. It’s not much more than you could get from just looking at the magazine, but a useful primer for graphic design students. Nicely shot, too
Unusual guidebook/magazine hybrid launches
Looks intriguing, though am not sure who its audience will be
Melbourne e-magazine Three Thousand opens up a store
Includes rare zines and magazines
Becky Smith’s top five mags of all time
Classics are thus for a reason
In-jokes in magazine design part 351
What’s important is that it still has relevance and power, whether you get the reference or not. Don’t think Paste passes that test
New online design magazine launches issue zero
Editorial method includes open monthly meetings in NYC to determine content. Disclosure: I’m an advisor on the project. Many are the plans and improvements to come
iPad overexcitement roundup
Google may be working on a bigger tablet
Or might just be employing animators to get a cheap headline. Slightly confused by the line “Several other consumer electronics companies, including HP, are thought to be working on their own tablet-style computers.” The article is dated 2nd Feb – nearly a month after the same newspaper already reported on the HP Slate
Interview the latest to unveil prototype iPad video
It looks quite nice, though doesn’t explain how the user knows when something is part of a spread or a single page
iPad UI conventions
How Apple seems to think we might design for it
