Two Stunning Indie-inspired Magazine Redos
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There’s so much to love about print magazines. The feel of the stock, the smell of the ink, the way a deep read in print draws you in. Part of the standout experiences in print magazines is, of course, the...
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What’s In Your Print Quiver?
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The always illuminating D. Eadward Tree remembers “the good old days, say, about 2015, when ad agencies had separate media-buying teams for print and digital,” he writes in Publishing Executive. This specialization, he notes, usually broke down along these lines:...
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Wired is Still Putting Out a Print Magazine …and It’s Still Fantastic
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Last year we wrote about Wired, the print magazine that targets a decidedly digital audience. At the time, Wired’s new EIC Nick Thompson was asked by Recode Media’s Eric Johnson about the future of the magazine. “Will Wired still be...
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A Salted Dream for This Week’s Free Font Friday
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Designers take their task seriously (and we thank them for it) but sometimes fonts like these walk by and just make the day more awesome. First up is Chlakh, the perfect font for retro anything – logos, badges, labels, t-shirts,...
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More Publishers Wake Up to Paid Content Strategies
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“We’ve made a huge mistake.” That’s the general sentiment among publishers discussing the current state of the magazine industry at Digiday’s Publishing Summit Europe earlier this month. According to Lucinda Southern of Digiday, 150 publishers gathered to talk reader revenue...
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Oh-So Magazine – a Love Story in Real Time
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The slow-down factor. That’s the real beauty behind Oh-So, a magazine dedicated to females in the world of skateboarding. “ … hopefully, whoever sees it; it gets them to slow down and reflect on the fact that they may have...
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Now it’s Print’s Turn to Do the Disrupting
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Last week BuzzFeed took a foray into the world of print with their one-off 12-page news magazine. They called it a “stunt” at the time, but there was clearly a business strategy at play to test the waters. And that...
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Put a Little Texture in Your Free Font Friday
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Texture – it’s an integral part of good design. So when we saw these two fonts we knew we had to share. First, we’ve got Henrik, a sans serif font from the collaboration between Hustle Supply Co. & Font Forestry. It’s vintage, bold...
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More Data to Bust the Greenwashing Myth
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Myth: Electronic communication is more environmentally friendly than paper-based communication. Fact: Tons of e-waste are generated globally each year, and only a small percentage is collected and reused. As more consumers adopted digital devices over the last decades, many brands...
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Holy Metrics, Facebook Engagement Plummets for Brands
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For brands on Facebook, the writing is on the wall. Engagement is down significantly in the past year. It’s not surprising … in fact it was widely predicted when Facebook announced an algorithm change this would be bad news for...
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