MediaSlut (@MediaSlut)’s choice of the best international magazine covers this week:
- Cut
- ELLE (Russia)
- L’OBS
- The Economist
- The New Yorker
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Cut #14
When all else fails, let your fingers do the talking…
ELLE (Russia), April 2016
I’m loving the ‘pop’ of red on this celebratory cover of ELLE Russia for its 20th birthday. To celebrate, it’s featuring “20 declarations of love by the most famous designers of the contemporary fashion scene”.
L’OBS, 5 March 2016
Brilliant effect when the two split-covers of L’OBS are connected!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDBRbYuiFsQ/
The Economist, 12 March 2016
A hostage letter to those who are involved, or work, in tech? Clever usage of familiar letters from various tech sources to illustrate this cover story, “The Future of Computing”!
The New Yorker, 21 March 2016
An absolutely fabulous New Yorker cover to celebrate Spring (in the northern hemisphere) and its Style Issue! On the cover is the artwork of artist Maira Kalman, “Spring Forward”. She describes it as “the cherry trees will explode with pink fluffs, and petals will make a pink carpet on the grass…” Read more and view the slideshow on “past covers celebrating fashion and springtime” here.
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