Design doesn't have to be featured in the latest Print or Comm Arts to be considered great. And if that is your only resource of visual information, then I hope you have other influences as a designer...how else will your work stand out?
Now, this may not be far off from things you may find in celebrated industry mags (as the designers who made this stuff more than likely flip through the very same pages themselves) but at least its something a little different (the source, even though not far off as they are design magazines).
I enjoy reading and flipping through Dwell, I.D., and others like GreenSource Magazine. The layouts are all pretty simple, neat, and straight forward, but I enjoy some of the visuals and illustrations they use for the content.
Lets take a look:
Yes, some of them may be quite diagrammatic, but I love the simplicity in the communication. Task: take the content of the article and design visuals that entice the reader, heightening the overall article experience and allow average joe reader to better understand the content. Done.
I think they do a nice job of making the content more approachable to those interested in the subject. You don't have to be an expert for these industry specific magazines and that is what I love about them.
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