[IxDA Discuss] "non-object" (What magazines do we like)

[Michael Micheletti]

Deep dark confession time: I'm a magazine addict. I won't give you the
big-big list, but some recommendations:

ID  http://www.idonline.com/  Has strange and interesting solutions to
problems. Mostly product design oriented but worth reading. It's hip enough
to be published in little tiny type, alas.

Print  http://www.printmag.com/  I go back and forth about which graphic
design mag to get but this is the current winner. Not just winners of
contests and how-to-do-this-in-Photoshop, but has history, interviews,
glimpses of design studio spaces, and good design examples. Readable, on
good paper.

Newtype USA  http://www.newtype-usa.com/  Expensive and beautiful
Anime/Manga mag with previews of what's coming from Japan. The last
subscription I'd cancel. So hip that it's not only published in tiny type,
but often in red or orange on dark backgrounds of giant robots and so on.

Whenever I browse at Borders I seem to end up with a copy of Advanced
Photoshop  http://www.advancedphotoshop.co.uk/flashindex.html  but it's
spendy and I haven't quite talked myself into subscribing to it yet.
Includes some interesting projects (girls with wings, etc) that aren't
especially useful in my work.

I also typically subscribe to one or two skateboard magazines just because
their design conventions are so close to grafitti on freight cars and it's
good to get confronted visually every so often.

I'll also recommend domain-specific magazines that cover whatever industry
you focus on. I'm working on defense and public safety UIs, so I get mags
from APCO, NENA, and lots of industry freebies.

Michael Micheletti

On 4/10/07, Chris Bernard <Chris.Bernard at microsoft.com> wrote:
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> It begs the question though. What journals and publications do like? Is it
> Interactions? Should GAIN be sold at Borders? What do others think?
>