Magazine haul from magCulture in that there London

A recent trip down to that there London to get some culture in the V&A (chock full), Tate Modern (almost empty) and the Serpentine Gallery (excellent James Barnor exhibition) meant I could finally get to go to magCulture. I had to restrict myself a bit but here's what I got.

Far Ride permalink

A high gloss travel cycling mag. This issue is mostly geared around around cycling in places like Mexico City, Western Ukraine and Afghanistan. At first impression it did give the look of an overly inspirational travel mag like Suitcase but thankfully has more depth and thought it than that.

Sadly their website and Instagram pages don't seem to be working so they may have gone under. You can get the latest issue from Rare Mags

Cheese permalink

My wife spotted this from miles away. She loves cheese, therefore I bought it. I've not got far in it so far but a good mix of illustration and photography in this one.

Find them at https://www.thecheesemagazine.com/and https://twitter.com/_thecheesemag

Safar permalink

A bilingual visual culture magazine from Beirut - this magazine has definitely had the most attention from this batch. I've been doing the odd bit of typesetting in Arabic recently and I like seeing how different languages and alphabets work together in design. Safar's style fits this together well with a bright look that balances out writing that can be on quite intense subjects. Definitely a rebuy.

You can find them at https://www.journalsafar.com/

Counterpoint permalink

A really nicely illustrated magazine about play. Printed in risograph which makes it feel light and fun, it's the frothiest of this bunch (meaning this in a nice way).

Website: https://www.counterpointmag.co.uk/

Eighty permalink

This is the one I've looked at least, it's about tea culture. Looks nice though.

Website here: https://www.readeighty.com/