What’s Up #75: Jon Boam
Jon Boam [jonboam.blogspot.com] is an illustrator with a unique gift for creating ace, quirky, mythic yet sort of cartoon-esque characters. Often these characters are drawn from his own fantastic self-generated realms, though Jon as also been asked to give his take on existing characters such as his recent commission for Virgin Train‘s onboard magazine, Hotline [...]
Linefeed Reading List — Sept 2010 — Part 1
There’s so many ace mags around in September that I’ve spilt this month’s reading list in two. Part 1 is all about Fash mags, seeing as there are so many biennials around. Mags featured in this video include W [wmagazine.com] / Pop [thepop.com] / 10 Men [10magazine.com/men] / Fantastic Man [fantasticman.com] / The Gentlewoman [thegentlewoman.com] [...]
Creative Canon: Epicurean Magazine
When publisher Alan Holdsworth appointed American ex-pat Les Mason [AGDA Obituary] to design and art direct and new type of Australian food and wine magazine, they created a revolutionary title that remains unique with the global ‘magscape’. Epicurean first appeared in 1966 as the official magazine of the Food & Wine Society of Australia. Les [...]
What’s Up #74: Monty Coles
Australia has always had a slightly uncomfortable relationship with the fashion world. Problem is it’s freakin’ hot down under. Whereas in cooler climes, it makes sense that clothing often comes into sharp focus. Australians generally prefer clothes that are practical first, ‘fashionable’ second. There was a brief period in time, during the late 70s and [...]
