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Sloane Summer 2010 Now Live!

Dana Córdova — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:05:44 +0000

At long last, the latest issue of sloane is out! Hope you enjoy—there is tons of great new content, photography, shopping, beauty tips, health, the arts and more.

Filed under: Fashion, Illustration, Magazines, Photography, Sloane News

HUGE

Dana Córdova — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:00:02 +0000

I am really into this amazing spread for HUGE magazine featuring pieces from rock brand, Hysteric Glamour. HUGE is a Japanese men’s fashion magazine (for which I could not, for the life of me, find the actual site…). Great styling by Tsuyoshi Noguchi and photography by WATARU.

Page Magazine

Dana Córdova — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:43:31 +0000

It should be apparent by now that I love magazines. All types, shapes and sizes—and, in my quest to develop Sloane I have been hunting more than ever to find inspiration. Check out this great one called Page from Monterrey, Mexico put out by the very talented design firm, Face.

Tip via Graphic Hug

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New Edition: New American Paintings #85

Dana Córdova — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:40:47 +0000

Our next edition of New American Paintings, #85, focusing on the Pacific Coast will be out next Friday. The Pacific Coast area is consistently a strong book for us every year, but I think the entire staff agrees that this one is particularly good—potentially the best to date. Pre-order a copy directly here.

Cover: Devin Troy Strother

Spotlight Feature: Allison Shulnik, interview by Evan J. Garza
Watch the Grizzly Bear video for Ready, Able by Shulnik

Eric Yahnker

Nicholas Bohac

Ryan Callis / Eric Geschke

Melissa Manfull / Marci Washington

Posted in Art, Magazines, My Day Job

idN Magazine

Dana Córdova — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:21:20 +0000

Amazing international design magazine, idN, is “devoted to bringing designers
from around the globe together to communicate with, learn from and inspire
one another.” Aside from their amazing content, the covers alone are impressive.

Posted in Design Inspiration, Illustration, Magazines

Introducing Sloane Magazine

Dana Córdova — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:10:39 +0000

Sloane Magazine: Ideas for the Urbane Woman.

Currently seeking writers, editors and photographers interested in helping launch
a new eZine for sophisticated, 30-something women. Content will include features
on fashion, beauty, design, art, home decor, cooking, travel and health. Sloane seeks
to fill the void for the 21st century woman who is redefining what it means to be
a modern, 30-something in our evolving society. The magazine will aim to create
content that is of interest to women who feel young and want to stay on top of
current trends, but who have difficulty identifying with mainstream media that
is aimed at 20-something girls or niche media that focuses on more “traditional”
female roles.

You are not your mother, you are Sloane.

Image courtesy of photographer Chloe Aftel

I am very excited to announce the launch of my latest venture—one that has been
in the making since I was 13. With a foot fully in the 30-something realm and the
confidence in advances in online technologies, I approach this project with great
excitement and confidence. I am excited to report that I already have numerous
talented photographers signed on for the first edition as well as the help of many
friends and fellow bloggers. The only aspect I am still on the hunt for are some really
quality writers to contribute some more substantial, center-of-the-book, stories.

Any interested parties let me know…

Thanks!

Posted in Magazines, My Work

Changes: New American Paintings

Dana Córdova — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:49:41 +0000

At New American Paintings we are very excited about the year ahead. We have hired a new editor-at-large, Evan J. Garza, and now have yours truly 100% at the helm of design and production. With Evan’s new energy, the staff’s ideas and my new duties
I have a renewed sense of pride and excitement around the beloved publication I’ve dedicated 8 years of my career to. Check out the current edition, #84, to see the beginnings of these changes. Although the core of the book will remain the same,
we are looking forward to adding even more editorial features in the editions to come.

Cover artist: Heyd Fontenot

Juror: Terrie Sultan, Executive Director, The Parrish Art Museum

Evan J. Garza interview with Aaron Parazette

Included artists L-R: Chenyanne Ramos, Joseph Phillips, Heidi Landau, Fidalis David Kanoanikie Buehler, Jonathan C. Leah, Donika Wiley

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Posted in Art, Magazines, My Day Job

In Memoriam: Ray Gun Magazine

Dana Córdova — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:35:10 +0000

While surfing my favorite blogs today I stumbled upon an old cover of Ray Gun magazine and was reminded of how much I loved that magazine during my college years. I can single handedly credit the publication with inspiring me to take graphic design classes and I now lament leaving stacks of back issues on the corner of Lexington and 23rd when I moved back to Boston. David Carson’s typographic vision was completely groundbreaking and gave the magazine a look and feel unlike anything that existed at the time. Ray Gun produced over 70 issues from 1992 through 2000. Owner-founder-publisher Marvin Scott Jarrett is now the editor-in-chief of Nylon.

Probably one the most talked about decisions Ray Gun made:
an actual “readable” editorial piece set in Zapf Dingbats.

Posted in Design Inspiration, Magazines

Foam Magazine

Dana Córdova — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:47:21 +0000

One of the fun things about working at Art Basel Miami in the magazine section is being introduced to so many amazing art publications. I especially love my neighbors’ publication Foam International Photography magazine, a beautiful photography rag published in Amsterdam. Covering work from many varied areas including documentary, fine art and fashion, each issue features a specific theme that unites 6 diverse portfolios of 16 pages each. The magazine is beautifully designed, printed on uncoated paper, and bound like only European printers do.

Posted in Design Inspiration, Magazines, Photography

File: A Magazine to Watch & Read

Dana Córdova — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:32:01 +0000

I love magazines from mainstream monthlies to the artsy and obscured.

File magazine created by Fabio Sebastianelli and Thorbjørn Ankerstjerne based
in London is one of the most interesting publications I’ve been introduced to in
while. File covers all topics of visual communication including graphic design, art,
photography, fashion and moving image. The 124 page publication is beautifully
designed, hard bound and comes with a DVD of 3 hours of short films, interviews,
music and video art.

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