Archive for the magazines Tag

The iPad magazine cover – lovely, but pointless

VIV Mag Motion Cover – iPad Demo from Alexx Henry on Vimeo. The bit of spectacular video above is doing the rounds as I type – a mock-up/demo of how a “motion magazine cover” might work on an iPad. It’s lovely. But pointless. What does it prove? It proves that magazines could do spectacular things with the iPad. It is,
Read more…

Six reasons why magazines have a future

“The future of magazines is glorious,” said Simon Wear of magazine house Future UK, wrapping up the industry event ‘What Happens to Magazines?’ held in London lon Monday. “Both print and online,” he added. He would say that, though: Future has been selling a successful 1.7m magazines a month through the recession with its hobby and geek-lad magazines. As written
Read more…

Interview: Gary Knight on ‘dispatches’ magazine online

dispatches is a new current affairs quarterly with a companion website, Rethink-Dispatches.com featuring original content as well as extracts from the magazine. Virtual Intern Natalie Chillington put forward a few questions to editor and art director Gary Knight about the online side to dispatches.

Belgian women’s magazine launches mobile edition

Belgian women’s magazine Flair has recently launched a mobile version of its product, writes Dorien Aerts. How does it work? Once you sign up you are sent a text message containing a link, from which you download a mobile application of Flair. When you start the mobile application, you find a very attractive interface (for girls at least) with fashion
Read more…