Samizdat 2. 0

New technologies and the development of the Internet allow many enthusiasts to create and release magazines about anything and do it at home. All that is needed is desire, work skills in the graphic editor, in Indesign and the computer itself and software for it.

Some magazines released in this way were never printed on paper. You will not see them in a newspaper stall, and their creators do not need to rack their head how to negotiate with distributors, printing house and look for advertisers. Although advertising is already penetrating into similar PDF publications. And if the publication belongs to any Streetwear brand, then their new collection will accompany you obsessively or unobtrusively on the pages.

As I have already noticed, for the manufacture of a magazine you will need an artistic taste and knowledge of graphic programs. It was this condition that was the impetus for the development of PDF magazines. And do not regard it as an obstacle. The first PDF-Magazines were produced by creative people, designers or photographers and they talked about contemporary art. Even now, Compuart magazines occupy most of all network publications.

Many PDF magazines are available from case to case, some disappear, some become cult. Before the PDF format-when the communication channels were not so fast, Online editions were published in HTML format, which were packaged in one ZIP archive. Then the ball was ruled by ITSHNIKS and a bunch of magazines about clamputers, programs and networks came out. Hackers distributed magazines about hackles and vulnerabilities. The oldest and cult of them 2600. 10 years ago, it was possible to get an e-mail subscription for it only on the recommendation.

Russia also has its own PDF magazines, for example Moloko+ , which has already been released 3 issues. The creators are completed by each number 50 to 50 of graphs and photographers. They try to show more Russian artists.

Each number 55 is an experiment within one specific given topic. In order to attract authors from different subcultural spaces to cooperate and combine them in one common topic, the name must have a minimum value. The frequency of the journal’s exit is twice a year. The release date of each specific number may directly depend on its topic.

Other interesting design magazines in Russia: Format , New Porker . (thanks Klemenkov )

It is no secret that it is very difficult for our country to release a narrow -format publication. Creative Art did not last long. He existed for a long time, but did not survive Jalose. It was a magazine that I always tried to buy. In December, many fans spend Play on the last way. Due to which extreme publications survive-advertisers probably feed. In any case, now you know where to look for an alternative. Printing magazines live their last cash. It's time to save paper. Even large sharks of the pen go online. NewYork Times resisted the longest. Their online version was closed and available only by subscription. Since September, all New York news is freely available.

At a certain moment, the PDF process reached its critical mass and a resource was a resource that claims to collect the latest links to new issues of PDF magazines around the world. This site is called PDF-MAGS .

I also recommend looking in the community of LiveJournal Freelab . There you can find the commercial releases of magazines and books on design.