MagLove: Here’s looking at you, Katy

MediaSlut (@MediaSlut)’s choice of the best international and South African magazine covers this week:

• The New York Times Magazine
• Avaunt
• The European
• Wonderland
• British Airways High Life (South Africa)
• JSE+ Supplement

INTERNATIONAL

The New York Times Magazine, 3 and 16 May 2015

I’m featuring two (rather dark) New York Times Magazine covers this week. The first made me think how scary it is that all our money is actually ‘kept safe’ behind ‘code’. The second gets its message out clearly and simply…

Avaunt (Launch Issue), Spring/Summer 2015

The founders of Port magazine launched a new sexy baby recently — Avaunt, a new bi-annual publication — sexy for many reasons, of course!

It’s actually billed as “an adventure and innovation magazine for the International Luxury market”. Read reviews of this new magazine on Creative Review and MagCulture.

The European (Germany)

When translated, the cover reads “Give the Coke for Free — Germany needs a new drug policy”. Now, I’m not sure what the reasons behind this cover story are, and its true meaning, but I can appreciate the brilliance of the magazine’s logo cutting the Coke cover lines.

Wonderland, Summer 2015

Katy Perry on three Wonderland covers by photographer Christian Oita is enough fierceness to last me another week!

LOCAL

British Airways High Life (South Africa, May 2015)

Just so many layers of smell pure brilliance on this cover. Yet again.

JSE+ Supplement

I’m not sure if this beadwork was commissioned specifically for this cover, but it’s pure genious and perfect for the brand and the market!

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MagLove by @MediaSlut is a regular slot featuring the best local and international magazine covers every week, recognising well thought-out, powerful and interesting (and hopefully all three-in-one) covers and celebrating the mix of pragmatism, creativity and personal taste that created each of them. 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 SA magazines fail but, most importantly, also when they succeed. If you’re looking for a library about SA magazines and news, this is your one-stop pitstop.

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