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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 MediaSlutZA.

INTERNATIONAL
UPPERCASE, #11

Crayola played an important part in the lives of most creative people as kids. Who didn’t draw with Crayola!? This cover takes a simple thing like crayons, and transformed it into a creative masterpiece… (Here’s the fascinating history of the Crayola brand)

Holland Herald, November 2011


A simple and striking concept, but also extremely relevant for an in-flight magazine. I was able to read the complete issue online and it’s great to see how the KLM team incorporated the “Time”-theme throughout the magazine.

Epicure, November 2011


The cover itself is a bit too dark (and healthy) for me, but what caught my attention is the playfulness of colours, fonts and objects. I think more magazines should have fun with their covers.

LOCAL

NewsNow, 10 November 2011


The NewsNow team is starting to get a nice following for their covers. I can only imagine how difficult it must be to create a striking and impactful cover week after week, and on such hectic deadlines. But for the past few issues they’ve really hit the nail on the head. This week, the nail is Julius Malema.

Getaway, November 2011


Last week, there were too many good South African covers, so we decided to have one stand over until this week, that of Getaway, November 2011. The cover model “Curious George” can easily be voted the cover model of the year. The photographer Jade Holing caught a very special moment on film and kudos for the Getaway team for using it on their cover.

– The (for now anonymous) blogger behind MediaSlutZA 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 MediaSlutZA. #MagazinesForTheWin

– Find a cover we should know about? Tweet us @marklives and @mediaslutza

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