35 posts tagged “magazine”
This was an interesting, but hardly scientific, test by the Autocar team. Most British motoring television seems heavily influenced by Top Gear (I mean the one that was originally cancelled, rather than the revised show) and the lack of a true process here is due to that. However, I enjoyed watching it and certainly did not dislike it to the extent of some of the viewers on YouTube.
Show us a magazine you read every month.
Despite (or as a result of) being a fashion magazine publisher, I stay away from competitors’ and even likely competitors’ titles. I used to get the Autocar regularly, but these days this is my monthly read:
More media bias? In People’s report on the failure of Rosie O’Donnell’s variety show (big surprise there), it noted:
The night was dominated by an ABC televised interview with Barack and Michelle Obama by O’Donnell's View nemesis Barbara Walters.
Um, no it wasn’t. The network and programme that won the evening in the US were CBS and its horrid Criminal Minds. And dominated is a strong word—especially when it’s untrue.
Someone needs to tell People that Barack Obama has already won the presidential election and it can stop campaigning to make him look good. Many people think he’s doing a pretty good job of that himself.
Top: On your newsstands, Lucire no. 26, with cover by Kelly Thompson. Above: The cover to thedownloadable free supplement, with cover by Morand/Zwirner Photography (the full shoot appears in the newsstand edition).
[Cross-posted] Issue 26 of Lucire is on the newsstands, but we realize some readers overseas mightn’t want to order it online if they can’t get it in their countries. Plus our regular readers might want a few extra articles. Therefore, you can download, once again, the Lucire supplement, featuring articles that go beyond the regular print edition. Jack Yan talks about the passing of Yves Saint Laurent, Nathan Gray reports from Beijing, Tiago Espirito Santo looks at Moda Lisboa, and Gordana Sermek photographs Croatia’s Cro-à-Porter fashion show.
You can download the supplement as a 150 dpi edition (under 29 Mbyte) or a 72 dpi one (11 Mbyte) as a free PDF.
This was a great find at Take Note in Lower Hutt today. Take Note is a post office and gift shop run by my friend Mandeep but I have never bought a book from there before. I was surprised to find it displayed prominently and being an automobiliac I paid the $40 for it.
Some articles are prescient—the warning that Honda could be a big player if it chose to build saloon cars, and the war for oil and how it might run out (from the first fuel crisis in the 1970s)—and others are less so, such as the warning that a Channel Tunnel would be a folly. Others are plain out of place in today’s politically correct world, namely the nude models that adorned cars at motor shows.
There are even old advertisements, including one for women—flogging copies of Good Housekeeping. It was very sexist and the idea that cars were designed to pull birds was very much in evidence.
It’s hardcover, so it should be a proud collection of 1960s’ and 1970s’ motoring journalism in my home.
[Cross-posted] Each time we put out a Lucire in print, regardless of country, I wonder: do the folks in the countries (such as the UK) where the magazine is not available know what some of the layouts look like?
This time around, Laura and I decided we would do a 52 pp. downloadable PDF, containing some of the pages, for those who can’t get Lucire where they are. And for those who can, such as in New Zealand, the downloadable PDF contains some extra pages, and even an article that we’ve earmarked for issue 26. There are two more pages for a shoot; in fact, there’s one shoot in there by Hannah Richards that you won’t have seen at all.
It’s almost full circle: I remember putting together a 52 pp. PDF in 2003 as a L’Oréal New Zealand Fashion Week special in the pre-print days. It was hugely successful, and was used extensively by New Zealand Trade & Enterprise to market Kiwi designers offshore.
Readers unaccustomed to the print Lucire might know we have pretty outstanding journalists among our team based on the longer articles that appear online. But you don’t get to see the fun we have with the look, and the PDF addresses that.
We also thought we’d champion some of our advertisers as an extra thank-you.
Since the book is 200 dpi and 13 Mbyte, it was better stored on a free service. Head over to Rapidshare, where you can download the issue 25 supplement, as we call it, free. There may be a small delay for the free service but we think it’s well worth it.
I’m sure this website is breaking some copyright laws, unless the owners of these magazines have allowed their content to be put online. You can never tell with Red China.
Still, from a consumer point-of-view, it makes for an interesting research resource, and how Red China has opened up since Mao.
We are talking some amazing, thick volumes here—fashionistas should check this out.
The latest Ashes to Ashes video on YouTube goes behind the scenes of a Radio Times cover shoot. The poster has put the original clip (when DI Drake meets the gang in 1981) at the end.
[Cross-posted] I’ve had to keep this under wraps till today, but since we’re about three weeks from launch, I now have permission to let you all know of this nice development at Lucire: the launch of a new magazine, Twinpalms Lucire, for a specialist market in Thailand.
It’s been such a smooth process working with Miguel, who has done a huge load of work on the new print magazine. And I take my hat off to Twinpalms Phuket, which has been very accommodating of our own wishes. The Twinpalms brand appears first for various historical and contractual reasons.
Richard Machado’s first shoot for Lucire, ‘Papillon’, re-appears on the cover.
If you look inside the magazine, Miguel is very much a proponent of the Swiss grid and Helvetica is the main typeface. It’s very different in feel to Lucire in other countries, but I still love what he has done. It’s a classy, elegant production.
There are plenty more articles saved up for the next issue, too. We plan on the title being six-monthly.
Lucire launches in Thailand
International fashion magazine collaborates with Twinpalms Phuket and Asia Design Consultants for latest country
Lucire, the international fashion magazine headquartered in New Zealand, has announced that it has collaborated with the Twinpalms Phuket resort and Asia Design Consultants Ltd. to see an extra print edition in Thailand.
Twinpalms Lucire launches February 20 with 5,000 copies distributed through the Surin Beach, Phuket resort and its sister properties.
The magazine has features on fashion, lifestyle and travel, with a lesser emphasis on beauty when compared to Lucire’s other print editions.
Miguel Kirjon of Asia Design Consultants oversaw the production and editorial mix, in collaboration with Lucire founder and publisher Jack Yan, deputy editor Sylvia Giles and assistants Dominique Whittaker and Ashleigh Berry.
Many of the Lucire articles had been commissioned by Laura Ming-Wong, the magazine’s editor in New Zealand.
Mr Yan says, ‘This is another small step in growing the Lucire brand, targeting it at an aspirational audience that says, “I want to be a step ahead.” We’re confident that the Twinpalms audience will love our mixture and socially responsible approach to fashion and lifestyle reporting.
‘I’m also delighted that Miguel has created a unique look founded in the Swiss school of design. It’s very different from the home edition and it’s a classy production.’
In addition to its design direction, Mr Kirjon has commissioned many additional, original articles for the Twinpalms’ side of the magazine.
Twinpalms Phuket is a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, one of the most exclusive collectives of hotel properties internationally. The resort is privately owned, with a private beach club and an enviable location next to Millionaires’ Cove.
Lucire started as an online fashion magazine in 1997 and is notable for having diversified into print, rather than adopt the print-to-web approach of its competitors. Its Webby-nominated website remains a popular destination for fashion leaders, while the print magazine is regarded as a luxurious and socially responsible publication.
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