ESPN’s Chin Wang Talks Magazine Design
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ESPN’s creative designer explains why every story meeting should have a visual person at the table. “I like designers who think like an editor.” That’s one of the creative philosophies that sets Chin Wang apart in the field of magazine...
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Record Store Day Could Be a Real Goldmine
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Music magazines, indie record stores, and a cover shot of a young Mick Jagger – have we warped back to the ‘70s? No, this is all happening right now, thanks to a creative partnership between print and vinyl. “Goldmine, the...
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Popular Science Attempts to Reach the Scientifically Curious
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When he stepped into his new role as Editor at Popular Science last summer, Joe Brown found himself in an interesting position. “In today’s political climate, ‘Popular Science’ sounds a little like an oxymoron. Some people’ denials of climate change,...
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Travel Magazine Built Their Business on Trust
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In 2004, South African publisher Media24 took a chance on a new bi-monthly publication call “Weg!” (“go!” is its English counterpart). Before long it mushroomed into a monthly, and continued to grow into the multi-media magazine brand it is today....
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Inspirational Print in this Age of Fake News
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The news media – long criticized and now much maligned – has one ace in the hole that fake news can’t touch. And that ace is print. “Fake news relies heavily on social media to get content shared fast and...
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Magazines Were Made For This Moment
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While we consume enormous amounts of news, entertainment and social chatter online, one magazine industry exec sees a new role for his product. “Fewer people are reading short stories (in book form) and novels, and instead they are turning to...
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The Wholly Rational Exuberance in the Magazine Sector
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Trust, community, influence, expertise and context: Those are the messages that have been coming out of Magnetic since it opened its doors in 2015. According to media commentator Dominic Mills, these messages “all intertwine together to form the solid core...
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Why The California Sunday Magazine Gets Our Vote
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We talk a lot about good design around here, whether it’s striking advertising or stunning magazine covers. It’s an integral part of any publishing effort. So, of course, we had to share this great article about the design work behind...
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We Have Seen Print’s Enemy …
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… and it’s not digital. Some intriguing ideas on resurrecting print circulations. The survey How Millennials Consume Content was conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Publishing Technology. The full results can be accessed at www.publishingtechnology.com/research Smartphones are not to blame...
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Ciao, Bella – IL Magazine Writes the Book on Visual Design
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When does design elevate from the ordinary to the sublime?For us, it’s when the design itself is able to convey the meaning of the content without even needing words. We posted a great example of this yesterday with April’s “Water”...
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