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8 Publishers Experimenting with Longform Features

8 Publishers Experimenting with Longform Features

DIGITAL   10.11.13   posted by Josh Klenert

With the state of magazine publishing on tablets under much debate (see: pro vs con), several publishers have been upping their game online when it comes to feature-style content outside the boundaries of replicating print editions. This type of design work is very complex -- often hand-coded -- since a desktop publishing-style WYSIWYG toolset is not quite there. In the meantime, this type of storytelling is filling a void where tablet based magazines are having a tough time competing -- they are searchable, shareable, more social and accessible on many more platforms.

Sports Illustrated jumped into the game this week -- along with their cheeky tagline: longform since 1954.
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10 Favorite Tumblr Design Sites, by Tim Moore of Letter to Jane

10 Favorite Tumblr Design Sites, by Tim Moore of Letter to Jane

DIGITAL   10.12.11   posted by The Editors

Tim Moore is the creator of Letter to Jane, one of the first (and best) indie app magazines for the iPad. He also has a great Tumblr page, which doubles as the Letter to Jane website. SPD asked him to highlight 10 of his favorite Tumblr sites. -- POST WRITTEN BY TIM MOORE

Tumblr is one of the fastest-growing blogging platforms, with over 40 million posts created each day, and is now generating more page views than Wikipedia. Over the summer I made the switch with Letter to Jane's website over to Tumblr because of its ease and flexibility (I run most of the site from Tumblr's iPhone app). Soon after I made the switch I found that one of the best parts of Tumblr is community. It's great to be able to share things that you love with others, but it's even better to see those things be shared and reblogged over and over. Here is a list of what I feel are great examples of other artists and publications who are using Tumblr to connect with people.

T Magazine is a great example of why I like to follow magazines on Tumblr. A lot of publication sites can be cluttered. T Magazine's Tumblr streams posts from their website in a clean and direct fashion. It also gets high honors for being the best-looking Tumblr out there, period.
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Behind the scenes with Editions designer David Robinson

Behind the scenes with Editions designer David Robinson

Websites & Apps   08.04.11   posted by Jeremy LaCroix

Editions Icon.pngEditions, the highly anticipated magazine App produced by AOL, Mobile has just hit the App store boasting the tag line "The Magazine that Reads You". It's the first digital magazine I know of that integrates tagging of a user's interests and maps content to those choices offering up a unique personalized magazine every day. Recently I got to sit down with David Robinson, Head of UX & Mobile Design for AOL to ask him a few questions about the process from a designers point of view.… MORE

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