What’s Up #48: Kenn Goodall
Bearded magazine is a curious beast [beardedmagazine.co.uk]. It’s design is part of very recent trend by young editorial creatives for something that goes beyond ‘The Unspectacular’ [linefeed/331] to something I don’t really want to tag as ‘Recession Chic’ but that’s going to have to do for now (see also: War [warmagazine.com] & Buck [buckstyle.com]). It’s [...]
Reading List January 2009, Part 2
Yesterday was such a good day for reading matter that I’ve had to split this month’s reading list in two segments [linefeed/1627]! I know what you’re thinking… steady on, that’s crazy talk! It’s all true and started off with this delicious package dropping into my mailbox… Antoine + Manuel Compilation Vol.1 [antoineetmanuel.com] What makes French [...]
What’s Up #47: Praline
Mr Blumenthal’s Little Chef revamp may be the current talk of the town [channel4.com] and put Popham square on the map, but little attention has been given to the designers behind the over-hauled interior and identity. No, Heston and pals didn’t do it all by themselves. They had a lot of help from the fine [...]
What’s Up #46: Mark Robinson
If you were ever a regular reader of the Boicozine blog, you would have probably have heard the name Teenbeat mentioned before. We heart Teenbeat [teenbeat.net]. Not the dodgy teen heart throbs magazine mind (or is that Tiger Beat?) but the indie-to-the-core record label staffed by a Mr Mark Robinson and his merry crew. With [...]
Reading List January 2009, Part 1
Before I launch the Linefeed Survey of 2008, here’s a brief list of reading matter gathered together over the festy break. Traditionally a slim time for magazines, with some even mooshing their Dec and Jan editions together to fit in a little extra downtime, this is really just a bit of a catch up on [...]