http://mag.nificent.com MAGAZINE CULTURE, obsessively & compulsively documented. Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:04:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Nobody is FAMOUS in New York. Because we are merely fragments, wishes, and pieces of struggles it is crucial to see what we may become; a potential to be. We are not FAMOUS, we are just New York. Sophie Mörner & Capricious Collective, Brooklyn, August 2007 Famous Magazine is another of ... http://mag.nificent.com/2008/01/20/nobody-is-famous-in-new-york/ Andrew Jeffrey Wright makes art. He's also friends with a hell of a lot of cool people, or so he claims in his bio on the site of Philadelphia's Space 1026 Gallery. Wright makes art for kids who know how to have fun! Sculptures of Furby toys in trash ... http://mag.nificent.com/2008/01/20/labs-with-abs/ I am one of the few chicks pretty into the whole sneaker/streetwear game. Ironically though I don't wear too terribly much of it, but I'm usually pretty up on the new shit. So, when I came across the announcement for the 2007 Autumn/Winter Supreme Magazine whilst hypebeastin' this morning, I ... http://mag.nificent.com/2007/10/25/calling-all-nyc-readers/ Condé Nast have decided to fold 10-year old Jane magazine. Staffers were informed this morning of this decision. Started in September 1997 by Jane Pratt, Jane was intended to be the replacement for the irreverent Sassy (also start by Jane Pratt). Pratt was forced out of Jane in 2005 as ... http://mag.nificent.com/2007/07/09/this-just-in-jane-magazine-folds/ I've been a bit MIA, but life's been a bit crazy as of late. Too many excuses. Anyhow, I'm back and as T.I. would say big shit poppin' and little shit stoppin'. On May 11th, I attended my very first magazine launch! Granted it was a small ... http://mag.nificent.com/2007/06/24/book-band-testing/ Jason Crombie is a fantastic gentleman and the brains behind Woooo, an interview based, pocket-sized FREE quarterly publication (and we love free shit!). I can picture Mr. Crombie riding his little bike around, hand delivering his stacks of Woooo about NYC. He also sometimes makes t-shirts with gay ghosts ... http://mag.nificent.com/2007/05/10/my-thor-shake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard/ A few weeks ago I wrote up the French magazine Clark and guest Art Director—and one of my favorite artists of the moment— Parra. Blog reader Okat of Are You Generic? was kind enough to send in some images from a small Parra showing recently at Arrive in Miami. ... http://mag.nificent.com/2007/04/23/more-from-parra/ Ben over at Covers passed along this link to me the other afternoon. NMCA seeks to preserve creative magazine design and fight the blandness of our newsstands one publication at a time. NMCA is a hobbysite operated by UK Art Director and magazine enthusiast Michael Bojkowski. NMCA presents well-edited ... http://mag.nificent.com/2007/04/11/nmca-has-got-you-covered/ Design Your Life is the motto of the new lifestyle magazine Blueprint, brought to you by the fine folks at Martha Stewart's empire. The motto rings true. I am obviously the portrait of the key demographic, because I've never come across a magazine that so exactly pinpoints my lifestyle ... http://mag.nificent.com/2007/04/03/design-your-life/ I am going to admit a little personal secret here. I rarely ever read the content in magazines. I'd say out of each publication I pick up, I read one or two articles. Maybe it's because i'm a visual junkie. Or maybe it's because I get so excitable that ... http://mag.nificent.com/2007/03/29/box-making-sex-interesting-again/