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Bonnier’s Digital Magazine

By Chris St.Cyr | December 21, 2009

This concept video for the digital magazine of the future makes me wish the future was here. I hope we don’t see many more magazines die (R.I.P I.D.) before this kind of publication is available. The video, Mag+, is a …

Sports Illustrated Gets Ready for NextGen E-Readers

By Chris St.Cyr | December 20, 2009

Sports Illustrated tablet magazine concept

Time, Inc. released this video of a prototype e-reader scenario for their Sports Illustrated publication. There are the usual kinds of interactions of flipping to move through the pages and pinching to resize images. I particularly like the book-map interface …

Video

Nobles Magazine: An iPad Case Study

By Kelly McMurray | June 7, 2013

One of the primary goals of alumni publications is to keep their community engaged with their school. With approximately 30 million tablet devices in the U.S. alone; 20 billion APPs downloaded in 2012; and over 300 magazines in the Apple …

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Can’t Judge a Reader by the Book Cover

By Kevin Guiney | November 21, 2010

You there! What are you reading? Unfortunately in the brave new world of digital publishing, I’ll never know. Gone are the days of my favorite pastime: judging my fellow morning commuters based on what they are reading. I used to …

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Nobles Magazine: An iPad Case Study

By Kelly McMurray | June 7, 2013

One of the primary goals of alumni publications is to keep their community engaged with their school. With approximately 30 million tablet devices in the U.S. alone; 20 billion APPs downloaded in 2012; and over 300 magazines in the Apple …

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Education

Alumni Magazines On WordPress

By Kelly McMurray | June 23, 2010

Dartmouth Alumni Magazine / Dartmouth College

When many people think of the term “blog” they tend to envision a personal journal. But today blogging platforms have expanded into a much broader use, ranging from school websites to online publications. With a built-in Content Management System and …

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The Story of a Viewbook

By Kelly McMurray | November 1, 2013

The world of education if getting more and more competitive–rising costs, fewer applicants. More than ever admissions offices are seeking innovative ways to reach their prospective students through social media, web, recruitment. It can be safely said that the school’s …

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Alexey Brodovitch

By Chris St.Cyr | November 15, 2013

Alexey Brodovitch became art director at Harper’s Bazaar Magazine in 1934, where he continued to work until 1958. Being a Russian émigré, Brodovitch was not afraid to use work of European artists such as Man Ray, Salvador Dali, and A.M. …

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