Tag Archive: Magazines
Marfa Journal
Marfa is perennially on my must-visit list — this dreamy desert town has been a hub of cultural and artistic activity for decades, and a pilgrimage to Marfa has become a right of passage for art world denizens. A new magazine launched last month, Marfa Journal, that derives its inspiration from the Texas town. … (More →)
The Monocle Guide to Better Living
While Monocle may not be something that I read everyday, I do appreciate how the stylish magazine so seamlessly fuses economics, travel, culture, art, and fashion into infinitely readable and easily digestible nuggets. The magazine’s design is elegant, if a bit slick, and I love their use of infographics throughout the copy. Not content with … (More →)
The Shelf Journal 2
We first became aware of the independently published, and rather esoteric, The Shelf, when we happened upon the journal’s impeccably designed website. With its simple yet chic black and white colour palette (our favourite) and scrolling bookshelf design that reveals hidden content at every click, we were charmed – and intrigued – before we … (More →)
Setup
Previous Guest Contributor Mitch Speed who wrote for us on the work of Myfanwy MacLeod edits Setup, an independent publication which started as a student project for a course at Emily Carr University in the fall of 2010. The art-focused magazine includes texts, artworks, stories, poems and interviews and the third issue launches tonight … (More →)
McSweeney’s Issue 42
The literary canon is international in nature, spanning continents and countries, and there are very few of us who have read all the greats in their native tongues – Dostoevsky in Russian, Kafka in German, Borges in Spanish. Which poses an interesting, theoretical question: have we ever truly read Crime and Punishment if we’ve only … (More →)
Bad Day Issue 14
I’m a huge fan of independent magazines and even though it’s been out for a while now, I just got my hands on the latest issue of the Toronto-based interview magazine, Bad Day (see our review of issue 13 here). This issue, which is tinted in a soft orange colour, features interviews with Agnès … (More →)
Avalanche Magazine
While doing research for an upcoming exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, I stumbled upon Avalanche Magazine, an incredible avant-garde art journal that published 13 issues between 1970 and 1976. While Avalanche switched to a newspaper format after the first eight issues, it’s the original magazines that grabbed my attention. The design is impeccable … (More →)
Online Magazines
With the future of print so uncertain, a number of interesting publishing ventures are popping up online, with a quality in both design and editorial that rivals anything being published today. My two latest finds, Burial Magazine and Triple Canopy, both offer compelling and unique editorial content in beautifully designed spreads. Burial, which … (More →)
