Pico looks like a beautiful art magazine, designed here by Tracy Hung. I love the simple page layouts and the warm feeling from the colors and illustrations in many of the spreads, but really I am just completely in love with that lowercase ‘p’ on the wordmark. It’s absolutely perfect.
On another note: this semester’s NOTA is coming along really, really nicely!
I need new art magazines-I used to collect these things.
I’ve recently stumbled over two excellent examples for designing for kids, and they’re both amazing.
Timbuktu is a iPad based magazine specifically designed for children. The magazine combines news and a bold,iconic graphic design style to educatate kids.I’m in love with the design style;with the color choices and the way everything’s put together,there’s a clear-cut, distinctive feel to it,without feeling stark,and all the little cartoon characters are lovable.
The other one is Anorak.Named after the British slang word for a person with very strong interests(which is somehow related with a jacket, also called an anorak?)the magazine is decidedly aimed at children in the five to nine age range, In each issue they have original stories written and illustrated by contemporary authors, fashion and style for kids, and new children’s products. Seriously, it’s a lot better looking than the usual Higlights magazine fare I grew up with.And lest I forget, you can also pick a up a copy of Timbuktu (for free, no less) at their website.
