SPD 47: Gretchen Smelter's Favorite Magazine

Acne Paper is an artful, intelligent blend of fashion and portrait photography mixed with interviews and narratives about people and culture in the creative world. I find the large format and beautiful matte paper a perfect vessel for the gorgeous, evocative images, typography and words inside.  The printing of the magazine is also practically museum quality--something we don't get to see very much these days in magazines especially in the US!

The typography is somewhat quiet and minimal, with a simple color palette (mostly black and white) with just the right amount of white space that really makes page after page of images and art stand out.

I can't wait to sit down and pour over every page and wish the magazine came out more then 2x a year. I also use the magazine for inspiration not only for the gorgeous imagery, but also for it's effortless balance between timeless and modern layout and design.