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In the Ether
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In the Ether
Elecesquire
My brother wrote that he predicted another Esquire-related post on my blog. I took this as a great complement—he clearly believed that there would be another post on my blog. Unlike me, he isn’t as painfully aware of the lack of posts lately due to two huge projects in mundane life (as members of SFCA, [...]
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In the Ether, On the racks, Trend Spotting
Penny pinching
The editors at Budget Travel are awfully proud of their just-published 10th anniversary issue. In a statement in the June issue, they congratulate themselves heartily on their forward thinking. And, a flack from the magazine sent me a free copy along with an offer to speak to one of the self-satisfied editors myself. If Budget [...]
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Art Direction, In the Ether
Covers and Cash
I missed this when it originally ran but Far Out Brussel [sic] Sprout has a nice reported post on the rarefied and expensive world of national celebrity newsstand covers.
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In the Ether
I say, rather
Ok, I got 30 out of a possible 34, enough for the hall of fame sure, but not nearly good enough considering all those Saturday nights I spent sitting around trying to figure out what some goddam font was while the cool kids were out having fun. To add insult to injury, the one that [...]
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In the Ether
What Becomes a Legend Most
04.11.08 | Permalink | 3 CommentsI did not join the chorus of designers calling for D. Scott Davis’s head on a pike when his company redesigned Paul Rand’s UPS logo in 2003. Designers produce—for the most part—ephemera: ads, news, and information—stuff that has a useful life, ages and is replaced. The sentiment in favor of a classic is understandable, but [...]
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In the Ether
A Photo Editor
04.07.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsJoining the blog roll today (via RexBlog): A Photo Editor, a really nice site about the challenges and rewards of assigning imagery for a magazine. Exiting: The Magazineer—fallow since mid-February after a promising dozen posts.
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In the Ether
DigiMags
Alas, my April fool post deceived no one, but maybe because it was true. Via BladBlog: Digital Magazines have had their day, according to Drift magazine Editor Howard Swanwick who went substrate-only with the current issue of his webzine.
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Art Direction, In the Ether
In this corner…
03.21.08 | Permalink | 10 CommentsMagazine Culture notes a recent Mark Newman piece in Folio about the art director/edi….er excuse me, I mean the editor/art director relationship. It seems the editor is always right. As you might expect, there’s a bit of foot stomping about the piece in art directorial circles—at least I think that’s what it is. As we [...]
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In the Ether
Poultry in Motion
Jessica Helfand takes on farming magazines, from 1878 to DJ Stout’s redesign of Dairy Today on Design Observer.
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In the Ether, Teaching
Interview Magazine
I was reminded recently of an old Peter Cook and Dudley Moore routine (which would be judged hopelessly P.I. today) in which a one-legged man interviews to play the part of Tarzan in an upcoming movie. The casting director is uh, “sympathetic”: “Now your left leg, I like. I’ve got nothing against your left leg….the [...]
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In the Ether
Ziner
Joining the blog roll today: The Magazineer, with design-aware reviews of US magazines.
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In the Ether, Off the racks, Shameless self-promotion
Monkey Business
If there are things an American magazine designer shouldn’t see, Monkey is certainly on the list. My essay on the new digital magazine from Dennis (the folks responsible for Maxim, FHM, The Week, etc.) is now up on AIGA Voice. I argue that Monkey is appalling but is here to fore the most convincing attempt [...]
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In the Ether
Backstage New York
Speaking of Print, their web site has a short behind-the-scenes look at New York’s recent section reshuffling.
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Classics, In the Ether
Aspen
Most magazine designers have come across references to the legendary Aspen—a “magazine in a box” published between 1965 and 1971—though few have actually seen a copy. In addition to articles, Aspen included phonograph records and several issues came with Super-8’s. (For our younger readers, Super-8 was kind of an early QuickTime.) Well, the folks at [...]
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