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Archive for the ‘Magazines’ Category
Coverjunkie..
In Design, Magazines on January 1, 2012 at 11:33 am
Coverjunkie has released a magazine featuring some of the best magazine covers of 2011. My
favourite was this brilliant New York Times Magazine cover – simple but beautiful. Last year
saw a lot of excellent covers and a rise in the overall standard of magazines and their design. I
think this probably had to do with the iPad and the belief that if print is to continue, it needs to
play to its strengths. This bodes well for 2012. Wndr will be bringing out some print products of
our own in the next three months, so stay tuned.
It’s Nice That…
In Magazines, Travel on December 16, 2011 at 7:05 am
It is nice, and one of my favourite magazines – It’s Nice That is worth hunting down. Some other cool magazines I have picked up on my travels:
Workage…
In Magazines, Online on October 27, 2011 at 3:10 pm
The Japan issue of Open Skies is out this week – if you are flying Emirates, check it out. Been a busy week of presentations with some exciting projects on the horizon. Als0 been getting good numbers on The Dubai Daily, our new daily news mail out. Sign up. And don’t forget to sign up for our daily deals and cheap flights mail outs as well. Also got sent this rather cool football magazine. Once again, independent magazines are raising the bar when it comes to design and production. I think this is probably due to the iPad but I might be wrong. Also did my first live radio show this week – taking part in Nightline to talk about Voila Dubai.
SPD, the October cover
In Design, Magazines on October 4, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Open Skies managed to achieve the SPD cover of the day this week – for Mitch Blunt‘s typographic treatment of an extract from Eric Newby’s A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush.
This is my favourite issue yet in terms of the design of the features, it is certainly the most consistent, and looking forward to the Japan issue next month.
Tokyo
In Design, Magazines, Travel on September 25, 2011 at 7:55 pm
Just about to head to the airport – taking Open Skies on the road for a week where we will be inviting some of Japan’s best illustrators to help us create the Japan issue. All the original work will be auctioned in November with the proceeds going to the Japanese Red Cross. Follow us here.
New Site…
In Magazines, Online, Travel on August 26, 2011 at 6:37 am
We finally launched our new Wndr Media website. We will have a number of new announcements to make in the coming weeks, covering mobile applications, websites and print products, so watch this space! In other news, Open Skies is going to Tokyo to create our Japan issue (which will be published in November). This mobile magazine concept will be the first in a series of projects and should be a great way to work with some of the world’s best creatives in their own backyard. Time Out Tokyo have given us a mention, and a lot more exciting coverage to come.
We Are Here – A Work in Progress…
In Magazines, Travel on August 15, 2011 at 2:29 am
A bi-monthly magazine rooted in a different city each issue
A magazine about the people that make their city special
Amazing writing
Amazing photography
Simple, elegant design
Thick, matt finish
Collectible
Sanaa, Yemen
Tehran, Iran
Kabul, Afghanistan
Damascus, Syria
Beirut, Lebanon
Baghdad, Iraq
No front of book – Only features
Same design template and typeface throughout
A snapshot of a place in time
Lucky Peach…
In Magazines on August 11, 2011 at 2:41 pm
The food magazine has always been a strange beast: one part soft core photography, one part sycophantic pandering, one part endless lists of recipes. None of the mainstream publishers have ever done anything remotely interesting with the genre, which is why it is refreshing to see this, courtesy of McSweeneys. This will probably not be available in Dubai, but for anyone interested in food or good writing, it is worth hunting down.
