MarkLives.com runs a regular slot featuring the best local and international magazine covers every week. We recognise well thought out, powerful and interesting (and hopefully all three in one) magazine covers and celebrate the mix of pragmatism, creativity and personal taste that created each of them. By media blogger MediaSlut.
INTERNATIONAL
Época, 27 January 2013
Just like The Batman cover (which was my #1 International cover for 2012), these Época covers are also extremely sad and striking after the death of 238 students in the Kiss nightclub fire on 27 January 2013. Puts it much more into perspective when you see the faces…
The lines “Tão Jovens, Tão Rápido, Tão Absurdo” means “So Young, So Fast, So Absurd”…
Golf Digest, March 2013
Certain people fantasize about a sea of women, or a sea of food, or a sea of money. I’m sure that many golf fanatics dream of a sea of golf clubs… I thought it’s a great idea for their 2013 Equipment Guide, and something quite different from what you would expect of a Golf title.
i-D, Pre-Spring 2013
Kate Moss is on 4 different covers for the i-D A-Z of Now issue, and all of the covers and images are just Kate-Beautiful! She been a favourite of i-D magazine since 1993 (when she was still relatively unknown), and his since appeared on 17 of their covers (including the new 4). What I LOVE about their cover concepts, are that each and every cover has to symbolize someone ‘winking’ or ‘closing one eye’, and the way they do it on some covers are very creative… For all 17 Kate Moss covers, you can click here.
Interior Design, January 2013
This cover plays tricks on my mind. I keep wanting to look up to see what they’re ‘looking’ at… Just a fun cover, and something different from what I’ve seen before.
– The (for now anonymous) blogger behind MediaSlut knows way too much for his own good about media in South Africa. Magazines in particular. His mission is to show when South African magazines might fail, but most importantly, succeed. If you’re looking for a library about South African magazines and news, your one-stop pitstop is MediaSlut. #MagazinesForTheWin
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