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Magculture’s “My Favorite Magazine” Project
The good people of magCulture are making a special contribution to Bob’s recovery: They’re making a magazine—and they’re asking for your help. According to their brief, “It’s going to be a fast, one-off publication with the working title ‘My Favorite Magazine’, and all profits going to support Bob Newman, a great art director, true magaholic ...
Examining The Atlantic and The New Republic Redesigns
Several years ago the American Society of Magazine Editors held a panel discussion that talked about the role of design and art direction in magazines. The general consensus was that it was important, but not essential. The evening ended with one of the participants rattling off a list of magazines that were considered great (and ...
Swissted: Punk Rock Posters in Swiss Modernist Style
Mike Joyce has been creating amazingly cool CD covers, music packaging, and posters for years through his work at Stereotype Design. His side project has been Swissted, his effort to recreate classic punk rock gig posters from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, in Swiss Modernist style. Now there’s a brilliant collection of the best of ...
Interview with Tim Moore, Creative Director of 29th Street Publishing
Among the most exciting developments in iPad app creation has been the rise of magazine apps that are unique, not based on pre-existing publications or their formats. 29th Street Publishing has been in the vanguard of this movement, creating magazine apps from scratch, and using a native technology that is unlike the DPS-style approach that ...