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Magazines of Mystery

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  Teaism

  05.21.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Tea comes with a lot of visual associations, but from the Japanese tea ceremony to the silver tea set and tinkling of china cups, the common link is ceremony and elegance. Little of that expected aesthetic is to be found in the current iteration of Tea: A Magazine, which uses typefaces, colors and grid erratically [...]

• Magazines of Mystery, On the racks

  The Art Mystique

  02.04.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Clear Magazine blends form and title (if not necessarily function) about as well as possible with its current cover. A whisper-thin piece of frosted Mylar printed with nondescript artifacts of industry invites the reader to play peekaboo with the fashion plate underneath. The translucent cover is undoubtedly cool and intriguingly interactive. Less Clear is what [...]

• Magazines of Mystery

  The opposite of an Inflight Magazine?

  12.10.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Every once in a while you come across a magazine so specialized that it just takes your breath away—how wonderful when it’s a consumer title to boot. Airports of the World, which sits on the old stump at the crossroad of airplane and architecture geekdom is one such glossy, which I couldn’t bring myself to [...]

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