August 2009

The Archives

• Redesigns

  Hard Times

  08.15.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  I’m a bit late with a response to the NY Times Magazines’ redesign. But, the topic is near and dear to my heart, (love The Times, love the Magazine, read them religiously, etc. etc.) that I wanted to weigh in. And, if the critical response matters at all to the editors and publisher (and I [...]

• New Launches, Shameless self-promotion, Teaching

  emDash

  08.11.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’ve had a lot of job titles at magazines and newspapers over the years, but “faculty adviser” is a new one. The premiere issue of emDash is a collaboration between students in my design writing and editorial design classes at George Mason University. Though aimed primarily at the GMU community, those curious about what’s engaging [...]

• Classics

  Come on, baby don’t you want to go?

  08.11.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  My birthday last month saw the arrival of The Chicagoan, A Lost Magazine of the Jazz Era by Neil Harris (Thanks Mom and Dad), and I’m enjoying it thoroughly. One need not be a scholar of magazine design history to know (or at least strongly suspect) that the Chicagoan bears a strong resemblance to The [...]

• Misc.

  Head & Shoulders

  08.07.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  When I’m clev’r I give me magazines a good shake to clear ‘f the dandruff before leaving the store. Obnoxious? perhaps but I always hoped Borders would calculate the cost of cleaning up all the cards (mine and the plenty of ones that got there quite by accident) and demand to receive subscription card-free magazines. [...]

• Misc.

  Opak

  08.06.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  “Mr. Magazine” Samir Husni had a tip in his article for Designing Magazines, that I think I’d always kinda followed but hadn’t really thought about, so reading it really resonated with me. He said that a designer “shouldn’t trap white space in the middle of a layout.” For years I’d been suggesting that students build [...]

• Custom, Photography

  Palace Intrigue

  08.03.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  By and large, I found more interesting magazines in Germany than in France on my European adventures this summer. The reason may be that Germany actually has better magazines, or it may be that France actually has really good and inexpensive wine. In the end, I left Paris with a couple interesting titles (which I [...]

Designing Magazines

About

Designing Magazines is a book and blog edited by Jandos Rothstein. The book is published by Allworth Press You’ll find contributor biographies and links here.

Order the book

Buy the book from Amazon

Teaching with Designing Magazines

Using Designing Magazines to teach magazine or editorial design? You’ll find sample syllabi and other resources here.

Designing Magazines: The Store

Recommended books on publication design and art direction can be purchased Through Designing Magazines’ Amazon Portal .

search

	Enter your search terms
	Web www.designingmagazines.com Submit search form

recent

• EmDash2
• Omni
• Hard Times
• emDash
• Come on, baby don’t you want to go?