The Typofiles #105: Magazines and Print Inspiration

May 23, 2012

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I have close to 10 years’ worth of magazine clippings amassed in my flat files and here’s a small sampling. Even with the abundance of reading materials online and on the iPad, I am still a diehard connoisseur of print. I do have an iPad (and subscribe to some magazines that are more interactive) but I’m still keeping my print magazine subscriptions as well. All you hear these days is, “Print is dead!” But it’s really not dead, it’s just changing. You may see less printed materials but the quality of what you do see is higher overall. I love my iPad but still equally enjoy the feeling of digging through stacks of clippings and pooling together inspiration. What about you?

I still have some of my 90s clippings too stuffed into a folder (though those mostly revolve around Kurt & Courtney, some Versace ads and a healthy dose of Marilyn Manson). My poor, poor parents had to deal with my bedroom walls covered in this stuff! And maybe that’s where my nostalgia for print and holding onto my magazine subscriptions comes from — that’s all I had before a steady internet connection and the iPad.

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Readers: What iPad publications do you subscribe to? Any recommendations? My favorite so far has been Project Magazine.

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3 Responses to The Typofiles #105: Magazines and Print Inspiration

1. Natasha says:

   it always surprises me that people say print is dead. i remember reading an issue of Vogue or maybe Harper’s Bazaar not too long ago in which the editor mentioned that despite the state of the economy, magazine sales have not declined at all, rather they have increased significantly! personally i spend a lot of my day in front of my computer, and i adore the internet. but despite the vast abundance of online resources, to me there is no substitute to curling up and relaxing with a good magazine.

   i am a fashion design student and i always base the design of my folio presentations from page layouts of magazines i find inspiring. it’s really given me the initiative to do my own independent research on graphic design, paper selection, printing, binding, etc. although not directly related to my course, i feel it gives me a huge advantage over other students who are sloppy with their presentation and it never goes unnoticed.

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2. Katy says:

   Hey Nubby!

   I agree the way we interact with print is changing. As much as I’ll use the internet to look up specific things, I’m always inspired by magazines far more. They tend to take me off in ways I’d never have thought of, plus, layout is always sexier on a double page spread

   Love that our clippings collections match. Full of grunge and goth…Marilyn is such an exhibitionist it’s hard not to love what he does!

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3. Lainey says:

   Been lurking for awhile (moved to the PDX area last Aug so I’ve been lurking in lots of PDX based blogs!) but thought I’d toss in my $0.02. I recently subscribed to Living, Etc. from the UK on my iPad. I originally got the iPad with the idea that I would get all my magazines electronically, especially helpful for Living, Etc. since I can’t get it delivered in the States. I quickly discovered that I loved being able to tear out pages and shuffle looks across my dining room table. Then we moved to a virtual bookstore desert, and I’m back to reading Living, Etc. on the iPad (oh, what I’d give to live closer to Powell’s…). At least the screen capture fuction makes it super easy for me to share my favorite pages with my best friend even though she’s still in Arizona. So I guess I still prefer the glossy pages but have learned to appreciate digital.

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