Adventures in a world of print
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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Made us laugh here at CMYK. Maybe you have to be a designer. Or have a beard. Or a designer with a beard.
Artwork for the Obstinate Donkey circa 1940
As members of PPA Scotland we have occasional meetings where we discuss the future of publishing in Scotland and all that. Yesterday’s meeting had an extra gloss however, as the venue was the hallowed DC Thomson offices in Dundee. The building itself reminded me of the Scotsman offices in North Bridge, Edinburgh – lots of floors, tiny offices, wood panelling, labyrinth-like corridors and even little fireplaces in some rooms!
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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.
Although not normally a Metro reader, I happened to pick up a copy on the bus this morning and was pleasantly surprised to find it’s had a bit of a facelift. It’s a pretty good job too – the changes are subtle and the identity of the paper remains intact but it’s a good deal cleaner. We don’t have an old copy around but, if I can lay hands on one, I’ll post up a bit of a compare and contrast.
This one has been popping up all over but, in the unlikely event that you’ve not seen it, The Grid System is a very nifty resource for all things relating to the editorial designer’s best friend. They cover articles, blogs and books as well as resources such as software tools and templates.
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