I’ve been on a little break from the blog so you must have guessed it’s deadline time. I’ve had two Spring issue deadlines, the hillscene and a new magazine which I’ve designed called junkies magazine. I must admit when I first heard the name I didn’t love it, or like it even. There’s some negative connotations there but the intention underlying it has nothing to do with what first comes to mind when you hear the word. It’s a magazine about rethinking, reusing, reducing and recycling junk.
The sustainable ethos of this magazine is something that I do love. This is the third issue, the first two were produced in Queensland but now it’s moved down to Melbourne. Bought by an enterprising local hills lady, Lisa Zee, who has a lot of guts and a passion for sustainability and all things recycled. This is her first magazine so it’s been a huge learning curve for everyone involved, there’s so much nitty gritty and fine detail to take care of. From finding content, advertisers, distributors and printers, even choosing the paper to print on can be a big decision the first time around. I think this issue is the best one yet. With some gorgeous photography by Danielle Quarmby, Carli Wilson and Pauline Langmead amongst others, I think it’s turned out beautifully. And since it’s been sold nationally, I’m very chuffed that my design work will have such a far reach.
It was great to be able to design something with more than one or two pages per article and be able to let the photos shine and give them some space on the page. It’s got lots of interesting features about people doing amazing things when it comes to creatively solving the problem of reducing waste. There’s so much inventiveness and innovation from people doing very simple things that will hopefully make a big difference. It will be available in Australia at discerning newsagents from September or you can get a copy of it online at www.junkiesmagazine.com
Get a copy and leaf through the pages and read it from cover to cover. Perhaps it will inspire you to rethink, reuse, reduce and recycle.
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