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It's difficult to publish a posh design magazine when there's nothing to put the design on.
There's a reason shelter books are folding.
Who can afford this stuff?
The Reaper gets its best design ideas from Highlights, and I do not worry about that going out of business anytime soon.
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This is the British fashion magazine i-D. I think this post is about the NY-based title by F+W Publications: ID
Posted by: Aaron | December 15, 2009 at 03:41 PM
Reaper, you have the wrong magazine pictured. http://www.id-mag.com is what folded.
Posted by: don't fear the reaper | December 15, 2009 at 03:50 PM
Read the news on a FastCompany blog. This quote says it all: "The news came one day after the company's employee appreciation day."
Posted by: Turtle | December 15, 2009 at 03:57 PM
Geez, that was fast.
Posted by: Paul Riddell | December 15, 2009 at 04:14 PM
Hi Reaper!
Love your blog.
Wrong mag cover as pointed out above (sorry to be redundant, annoying). Did want to point out one thing though...I.D. doesn't really count as a "shelter" mag per se since it never covered residential interiors. But it does count as one of the few last mags covering the design industry from a trade perspective, which is really distressing.
:(
Posted by: jr | December 15, 2009 at 05:05 PM
As previously noted - wrong mag, but this is to be understood as highlights never would have informed you of that.
The oldest design mag in the country (55yrs) is done? what does this mean for the rest?
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/breaking-after-55-years-id-magazine-design-bible-folds?1260909675
Posted by: George Graves | December 15, 2009 at 05:51 PM
Loved that mag. Ceased being relevant after Chee Pearlman left.
Posted by: Turd Polisher | January 22, 2010 at 12:18 PM