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Flamingo
— 03 Jun 2013
by Claire Selby
I read Flamingo a few weeks ago with the main intention of writing this review. Struggling with it, I spoke to someone; their first question, unsurprisingly, was "What's it about?" and I had no idea how to answer. For me, this is Flamingo's biggest problem. It just isn't very memorable. ...
Anthology
— 27 May 2013
by Deanne Beattie
“Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.” This quote, attributed to Francis Bacon, reminds me of myself at 22, launching a magazine with my most creative friends and hauling boxes upon boxes ...
AORTICA
— 20 May 2013
by Dan Rowden
Aortica is a magazine that at first glance I didn't really "get". A travel magazine created by a couple about their own trip to a city; who would buy that? It sounded more like project for a personal blog rather than a magazine that people would spend money on. I ...
form
— 13 May 2013
by Sven Job
Design magazines, there are many. But German magazine form is one that spells history. Founded in 1957 as "Internationale Revue", it went through reorientation in 1962 and was reintroduced under the moniker "Zeitschrift für Gestaltung" (which translates as "magazine for design", obviously) with new focus points. Swiss publisher Birkhäuser Verlag ...
Hello Mr.
— 06 May 2013
by Jamala Johns
From the moment that I spotted Hello Mr. here on Magpile, I was instantly charmed. The flirty title and portrait of a mustached gentleman basking amongst greenery were all capped off with the perfectly crafted tagline "about men who date men." After reading more about this newly launched mag, it ...
Gratuitous Type
— 29 Apr 2013
by Nathan Adams
Gratuitous Type describes itself as "a pamphlet of typographic smut". In a previous review on Magpile, I described the concrete obsessed C+A magazine as "pure architectural porn", but really, of the two magazines only GT has seen fit to feature pixelated images on the cover and an actual centrefold (of ...
Cereal Magazine
— 22 Apr 2013
by Jessica Bower
By now I have forgotten where I first heard of CEREAL Magazine, but am thankful all the same for my awareness of this beautiful publication. I was equal parts thrilled and saddened when I learned the first issue of this magazine completely sold out. Thrilled, because that has to be ...
Wrap
— 15 Apr 2013
by Kelsey Hoffman
Ladies and gents, I finally made myself an excuse and bought Wrap magazine. Buying Wrap from the United States was expensive, but completely worth it. So let me introduce you to the sixth issue of Wrap: “Nordic Lights” is an appreciation of illustrators and designers from “five countries astoundingly rich ...
Kindling Quarterly
— 08 Apr 2013
by Ben Serbutt
Described as "an exploration of fatherhood", Kindling Quarterly (KQ) comes straight out of the trendiest of New York neighbourhoods, Brooklyn. Filled with bearded dads in coloured trousers from the creative industries, it includes features on illustrator Dan Funderburgh, Nygoya-resident musician Shawn James Seymour and furniture designer and maker Jason Roskey. ...
Rollacoaster
— 01 Apr 2013
by Kadish Morris
With new print magazines perpetually being launched, and the old ones still doing their thing, I often battle between choosing something I am familiar with or trying something I have never seen before. In the end, I usually go for something somewhere in the middle. I came across Rollacoaster a ...
Codex
— 25 Mar 2013
by Matthew Young
Codex Issue Two has been sat on my desk at work for a few months. Despite having a quick flick through the pages when it first arrived in the post, I must confess I hadn't picked it up since. I think the main reason for this is that I don't ...
The Outpost
— 18 Mar 2013
by Dan Rowden
This is my new favourite magazine. The Outpost is an example of a new breed of Middle-Eastern/Arab magazines, with siblings such as We Are Here, OOMK, WTD, The Carton and the veteran Brownbook. From a region that doesn't have much of a history producing well-known magazines, these young, hungry publications ...
Fool
— 11 Mar 2013
by Deanne Beattie
There are many kinds of stories we tell about food—stories about culture, or history, or place—but perhaps none are as irresistible as stories of personality. The rise of the celebrity chef has been pervasive, reaching us wherever we experience food from the restaurant to the grocery store to the dining ...
OOMK Zine
— 04 Mar 2013
by Huda Khaireh
‘Kind’ is a wonderful word. At once it evokes feelings of warmth and charity, sympathy and understanding. Kind creates a sense of community, something primordial and natural: ‘humankind’, ‘mankind’, ‘kindred spirits’. After reading the debut issue of One Of My Kind (“OOMK”), I feel ‘kind’ is the perfect word for ...
PERDIZ
— 25 Feb 2013
by Ren Wan
One of the reasons behind the crisis faced by print magazines is that in the information era news is almost instantly accessible from first-hand sources for free; which nonetheless doesn't seem like an obstacle against the up-surge of independent magazines in recent years, and topics about which to form a ...
Day Job
— 18 Feb 2013
by Chloe Walker
For the first decade of this century the freelancer reigned supreme. Everyone wanted to break free of the 9 to 5, and thousands of blogs and books and seminars sprang up promising to show us the escape route. The least polite of these would paint those who remained in the ...
Boat Magazine
— 04 Feb 2013
by Deanne Beattie
Even if you don’t read the travel section of your daily newspaper, you probably have a good idea of what to expect if you did. There are first-hand accounts of trips taken to various, indistinguishable beach locales and “top ten” or “best of” lists recommending luxury hotels and trendy eateries ...
ACNE Paper
— 28 Jan 2013
by Jakub Michalski
ACNE is a lifestyle brand and a creative collective based in Stockholm. Since 1996 Acne have been involved in a variety of different projects including publishing and film production. ACNE Paper, first published in 2006, is a bi-annual fashion and culture magazine, and is an extension of the Acne label. ...
Endless
— 21 Jan 2013
by Ren Wan
Globalisation doesn't just make the world a smaller place; it does a lot to our travelling habits, and makes it even more convenient to have a journey - one that enriches our lives and leaves a lasting effect on life perspectives. With travellers looking for more experience than a tightly ...
The Alpine Review
— 14 Jan 2013
by Jessica Bower
I first heard about The Alpine Review in October 2012. This publication is a hybrid between a magazine and a book, published bi-annually from Montreal. The first issue, released in October 2012, offers 286 pages of thoughtful reading that has attracted me to invest time and thought into the wide ...
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Flamingo
Anthology
AORTICA
form
Hello Mr.
Gratuitous Type
Cereal Magazine
Wrap