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
Washingtonian, March 2013
The annual Vanity Fair Young Hollywood covers are always over the top and extremely well styled and shot. I would compare this Washingtonian cover to that of Vanity Fair Young Hollywood – but of course in celebration of “Great Bars”. This shot is old-school, just perfect, and worth some recognition.
.AB, February 2013
Finances can be boring. But this Accounting and Business title is putting “The end of Cash” into perspective. Quite literally. And it’s using paper-art to help illustrate it. Art seems to be the new magazine cover.
B, January / February 2013
B magazine is all about “Brand. Balance”. It seems like they try to capture the essence of a well-known brand with each issue, and portray it beautifully not only on the cover, but also inside on its pages (look at some of the beautiful spreads here). The covers are beautiful, striking and unique.
LOCAL
DESTINY MAN, March / April 2013
Covers without a dash of colour generally don’t sell that well (research shows). But DESTINY MAN has created a beautiful and striking and extremely strong cover for their March / April 2013 issue. I think it’s bold.
– 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
– Find a cover we should know about? Tweet us @marklives and @mediaslut
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