I’ve got lots on my plate with midterms so I shouldn’t dawdle in my own thoughts for too long but today I picked up a copy of Esopus Magazine and it reminded me of what I love about design. Being passionately involved in an art & literary magazine for all four years of high school and being a huge sap for all things printed, it’s weird to me how unknowledgeable I am about these types of magazines existing in the real world.
Esopus is a non-profit that “provides an unmediated forum through which creative people can interact with the general public.” The magazine is lavishly produced with different paper for different sections including one well-played vellum overlay and at least three pull or fold out bits. It “never includes advertising or commercially driven content and is priced well below its actual cost of production so that it can be accessed by a wide range of readers.” This is a thing of beauty.
