47
02.16.12
SPD 47: Carla Frank's Favorite Magazine
Favorite Magazine: Vogue Gioiello
Vogue Gioiello (translate Vogue Jewel)--is a gem!
This Italian edition pays homage to the cover as a poster. Each is extraordinary, unpredictable, sophisticated and somehow innocent. They have a certain oddity that captures the eye, like all great art does.
Remember when covers for magazines did not follow intensive online market testing and get all same-y? Super-fun!
The typography throughout is slightly awkward, even clumsy. Interestingly, because it's coupled with sophisticated subject matter and slick sometimes conceptual photography, it triggers a mish-mash of emotional response that somewhere between insider-trade magazine-bohemian-gloss. What a fabulous crash!
Now I only wish I could actually read it.
I can feel it though the paper = rich as cream!
Bravo Bravo!!!
This post is part of the Favorite Magazines Project, part of SPD's PUB 47 Competition and Awards. Download the entry forms and be a part of the competition here.