The Last Magazine

by David Renard

Presented here in this visual anthology are the current boutique periodicals so cutting-edge, they will continue to flourish in print even as their mainstream contemporaries move to digital. Selected from more than 20 countries are preeminent covers and layouts from over 150 independent magazines that advance the medium through their presentation ( Gum , Kilimanjaro ), content ( Re , Richardson ), design ( Uovo , Werk ), and tailoring to a niche market ( Fantastic Man , Me ). Featuring essays from top industry thinkers such as Steven Heller ( New York Times Book Review ), Terry Jones ( ID ), and Robert Sacks ( High Times , Time Inc.), this will be the sourcebook for magazine aficionados and professionals. The Last Magazine is published in association with the traveling exhibition, Magazines in Transition, which opens in New York in September, 2006 and travels to museums and galleries in ten cities worldwide including Barcelona, Paris, Luxembourg, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Genres: Design, Art

288 pages, Paperback

First published December 26, 2006

Reviews

[Michele · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don't read this book in public. The erotic parts, disgusting as they are, will make you blush and then you'll have to explain what you're reading that filth for. Michael Hastings was a very important writer of magazine articles that explained, for example, who the soldier that walked off his base was and why he did it several years before anybody else was paying any attention. He got in trouble for his Stanley McChrystal interview in the bar. But he was funny and a rebel, and I'm not sorry I read his take down of Newsweek and the print media in general. I am not an insider, so only some of the characters were recognizable to me. He puts himself into the book as a fictional character who is no better than the rest of them. I enjoyed the book but be prepared for triple-xxx rating.

[Paul Wilner · Rating 5 out of 5]

My notice, for the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/T...