I get 99% of my design, layout, and typographic inspiration from magazines. I find them infinitely more interesting than most web galleries and such. I’d really love to hear from you, faithful readers, as to which magazines lead you on the path of art direction enlightenment. I have a magazine budget, and I want to be wowed every month.
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Blindspot! I’ve only seen one issue – this one – but it was fabulous.
Oh, and The Believer. Forever.
I agree completely about Dwell. That magazine used to be top notch. Not it’s Cosmo for people who watch “Flip This House” on TLC. Very sad.
You wouldn’t be able to tell from their website… but I’m liking Sports Illustrated’s main serif typeface they use in their magazine.
Relevant magazine has frequently impressed me.
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I'm a graphic designer and sometimes writer living in Anderson, South Carolina. I serve as the Design Director for NewSpring Church. I love Jesus, my wife, Levi's Jeans, good Tex-Mex, and 8oz glass bottle Coca-Cola Classic. On good days I love them roughly in that order. Email me.
Five Magazines Whose Art Direction Rocks My Face
Fri 05/30/08
1. W
2. American Craft
3. I.D.
4. Vanity Fair
5. (British) Esquire
Honorable time machine-dependent mention: Dwell (from ’02—late ’06)