Dougal Marwick, Creative at the independent graphic design studio, Touch, talks about his favourite magazine, Relax. Relax was a Japanese pop culture magazine in the late 1990’s – Dougal loves the design and production values, including inlaid flexi-disks, custom sticker sheets and gatefold posters.
Clare Harris, Director of the Scottish Contemporary Art Network, talks about the feminist magazine Spare Rib, which was massively influential for the feminist movement in the 1970s. She found her copies in the Glasgow Women’s Library, a museum with all sorts of women’s history on its shelves.
Alec Dudson talks about his favourite magazine, Colors, which was published by Fabrica, Benetton Group’s communication research centre. To Alec, Colors was some of the finest magazine making ever – he loves a magazine that can take a societal issue and elegantly show how that plays out in different contexts.
Director of the International Magazine Centre, Nikki Simpson, tells us why she loves the running title Like The Wind, as well as talking about some of the other magazines and publishers that inspire her.
Director of Story Publishing, Rupert Cornford tells us about his favourite title, Delayed Gratification. He loves the infographic approach which breaks down complex and emotional stories into facts, making it powerful and palatable.
