Recent design media publications

A collaborative project of the International Design Alliance, the International Design Media Network (IDMN) is an online resource of design publications worldwide dedicated to establishing and promoting standards and ethics in design journalism.

Below are the most recent publications by IDMN participants from around the globe.
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grafika
no 141, décembre-janvier 2010
Québec, Canada

Étude de cas: STM
Des Montréalais qui portent fièrement un t-shirt, une casquette ou un macaaron aux couleurs de la Societé de transport de Montréal (STM)? C'est ce que vise l'organisation avec son nouveau positionnement.

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novum: World of Graphic Design
12/09
Germany

Santa Claus is not the only one who's comming to town... Amongst the new publications are quite a few wonderful typography books. Our author Herbert Lechner is taking a closer look at some of the most interesting ones, you might like to add those to your wishlist.

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IdN: International designers Network
Volume 16, Number 5: Editorial Design Issue
Hong Kong SAR

As one of our featured designers, Nicolas Bourquin, puts it: "It’s a hard time for magazines, but a fabulous period for editorial design." To stave off the threat posed by digitalisation, it seems that everyone in the print industry is being motivated to push the boundaries of this discipline to unprecedented heights of creativity. We talk to half a dozen experts in editorial design who are not only managing to survive but producing publications that can stand comparison with any that have come before them - about why they do it and how they see the future of "hard copy".

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étapes
é:171, August 09
France

Mettre des pages dans des pages, parler de son travail, deux des pièges classiques qui se présentent aux graphistes. Et pourtant, les quinze ans d’étapes : étaient l’occasion de s’interroger sur ce qu’il reste de pràs de 1450 pages produites. Alors il a bien fallu oser l’exercice, faire des choix d’articles et de méthodologie, définir les contours d’un projet qui tienne tout cela ensemble sur fond d’encre métal, de course contre la montre et de discussions concertées. La question était simple : comment présenter une sélection d’articles et donner à l’ensemble une valeur ajoutée?

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Aperture
Issue 197
United States

Aperture magazine is committed to presenting new and unpublished work by well-known and emerging artists from all over the world, fostering an ever-expanding community of shared interest at a time when the scope and concerns of photography's impact continues to evolve.

On the cover: Farhad Moshiri and Shirin Aliabadi, Shoot First Make Friends Later, 2006.

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TYPO
Issue 37, Autumn
Czech Republic

This issue is dedicated to Mexico. It covers interesting aspects of the history as well as contemporary type design in this country. TYPO features a text on Bohuslav Blažej, reviews Tabac font family and more.

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