For my money, this is the most coherent and elegant proposal for what the digital magazine should be. Not only that but he shares my lack of enthusiasm for the seemingly ubiquitous page-turning effect!
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Here at CMYK towers, we’ve just taken delivery of our newest title for the MDDUS. Called Practice Manager, it’s a 16 page magazine for those who run medical or dental practices in Scotland. We do the design and also handle the print and distribution side of things.
I’m pleased to say it’s the first of three titles which the MDDUS will be launching with CMYK over the next few months so watch this space for more details!
Part of the motivation for launching this title was the success of FYi which we launched for the MDDUS last year. This title was very well received and also made it to the shortlist for best magazine design in the business & professional category at this year’s PPA Scotland awards.
These titles also demonstrate a clear understanding on the part of the MDDUS of how to implement the magazine as a marketing tool. By giving away genuinely useful expertise and insight in these titles, they have the reader’s full attention and can make a persuasive argument for becoming a member.
The world of Hip Hop has, historically been a pretty male-dominated place and although there have been a fair few top flight performers, it’s sad that they have been somewhat under represented in the world of print.
That’s why it’s great to see Anatitude magazine causing a bit of a stir and giving a platform for female artists. The mag is on it’s fourth issue at the time of writing and is looking strong.
For more information, visit the Anattitude magazine website.
Kids mag Anorak is inviting student submissions for the cover of a special edition of their magazine.
For more details visit the Anorak website
When we get busy, wemakemags gets quiet I’m afraid. Happily that means we’re up to our eyes in new work.
Things that have been keeping us busy have included getting aurora magazine to issue two and tending to the needs of our first public sector client, the Scottish Prison Service. The SPS’s decision to work with CMYK Design is a fantastic vote of confidence both in the quality of our work and in our ability to deliver it. It’s also a major success for us as a small company. Anyone who has been involved in the tendering process for public bodies will attest it can be some of the hardest-won work there is.
Forgive us, then for blowing our own trumpet!
With what must surely be painstaking effort, Peter Funch pieces together themed sets of photographs to create street scenes that oscilate from the comedic to the downright creepy!
Check out Peter’s handywork here
The tabloid newspaper has received a bit of attention among magazine designers lately as a result of the Things our friends have written on the internet project.
We’ve received our copy (hand numbered as 690 of 1000) and have to admit it’s a really rather splendid thing as well as a brilliant reminder of the possibilities the medium offers. Newsprinting is cheap and, with good design, could offer an effective solution for a range of low budget projects. Just so long as you can coax the client past the mental image of their shoddy local rag, that is!
If you’d like to get your hands on one, I’m afraid you’re going to have to beg, borrow or steal as they’re all gone now but who knows - perhaps they could be persuaded to produce a 2009 edition.
Alright, it has nothing to do with magazines, but my heart really goes out to the author of this excellent posting.
We feel your pain.
Apparently with no Photoshop involved (although there will doubtless be a chorus of unbelievers) Vogue have disguised a 20 year old model as being everywhere between 10 and 60. They could do a lucrative line in fake IDs…
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Anyone who picked up the Guardian last Monday will doubtless have been wowed by the stunning paper-crafted typographic treatments that accompanied the main feature.
They were the work of the almost obscenely talented Yulia Brodskaya. Yulia already has a number of high profile clients to her name as well as an award or two for her mantlepiece and I’d expect things to snowball for her throughout 2009.
Here are a couple of examples of her work for you to admire.
