The glorious hot holiday-like weather we've been having in the UK inspired me to read the most summery independent magazine I could find - and I think I've found it in Caboodle Magazine, issue 7. Caboodle is quite unlike any other independent magazine I've read before, exuberantly bursting with cheerful colour, fun and summer vibes.…
Category: Design
Backstage Talks Takes us Behind the Scenes of Design
Designers influence so much of our lives, yet their own lives can be a bit of a mystery. So, I was fascinated to read issue 3 of Backstage Talks, the April 2018 magazine from my Stack subscription. Backstage Talks magazine delves beneath the surface of design, going 'behind the scenes' and interviewing designers about their careers,…
91 Magazine
Getting to peek into beautiful homes has always been a guilty pleasure of mine. In another life I'd like to be a cat to acceptably peer through people's windows. 91 Magazine, a design and lifestyle magazine, fills the void wonderfully. Caroline Rowland, founder and editor of 91 Magazine, decided to create her own magazine when…
Double Dagger
The most recent Stack delivery I received is the beautiful 2nd issue of Double Dagger, a beautiful broadsheet style magazine about printing. Double Dagger: Letterpress printing I love reading printed magazines and books in the age of Kindles and e-readers, although I know nearly nothing about printing. So I found it fascinating to learn more…
Illustoria, a magazine for kids and their grownups
Illustoria is a magazine for creative kids and their grownups. But even as a grownup without kids, I fell in love with the simple story-telling approach Illustoria bring to nuanced concepts like friendship, determination and loneliness. The Californian based magazine is published quarterly, having been founded in summer 2016. Issue 3 of Illustoria, Outside-In,…
Indie Mags: Amuseum
The front cover of Amuseum tells you all you need to know about this magazine. Archimedes dressed as a transvestite? It’s funny, it’s random and it’s completely off the wall. Just like everything inside. Amuseum issue 3 is the June offering from Stack. It covers a diverse variety of topics, from the Kibbo Kift movement…
Indie Mags: Print Isn’t Dead
When the lovely people at Stack popped Print Isn't Dead Element 004 through my door, it took me ages to work out what the name of this colourful design magazine was. Every time I saw 'Print Isn't Dead' I assumed it was a slogan, y'know, like all us independent magazine lovers hashtag our social media…
5ftinf Open House & Shed
I’ve been following @5ftinf, otherwise known as Philippa Stanton, on Instagram and love her photos of ‘The Table’ where she scatters flower petals, stationery, maps and other lovely vintage objects and arranges them them in pleasing pattern and colour combinations on a big wooden table in her home. Philippa is an artist based in Brighton…
Lifestyle magazines for the creative minded
I’ve been reading the fantastic Oh Comely magazine for five years now. It’s filled with creative experiments, stories and beautiful photographs. Oh Comely celebrates joining people together and taking a break to savour life - I’ve posted gifts to a pen pal for the Perfect Strangers Project and read a Penguin Classic along with other…