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Weekly Cover: LA Times Magazine

I'm quite behind on this one. The Los Angeles Times Magazine was redesigned several issues back, perhaps taking cues from The New York Time Magazine. The results are breathtaking, particularly this cover featuring Mad Men's Christina Hendricks. Inside the design is crisp and clear. Seeing newspaper magazines like this bring tears to my eyes. In Australia our newspaper supplements couldn't be more dull. Thankfully there are exceptions to the rule: The Australian Financial Review Magazine; and Sport & Style. Back to the LA Times website for me.

Weekly Cover: Time

Time is one of the great magazine titles on the planet. For many years Time has been presenting the facts in an easy to read and clear format with imaginative covers. The current design is clear, clean and elegant. It's hard to pick a favourite cover as their are so many worthy examples, as illustrated here. For now, I've chosen this one as the Weekly Cover. Time's website is well worth a daily visit.

Weekly Cover: Sport & Style

I am quite surprised to be writing about how much I enjoy Sport & Style magazine. I am in no way, shape or form interested in sport. Absolute zero interest. So it is with wonder that I actually look forward to every new issue. The covers are often striking and inside the design is exciting, fun and yet classic. Sport has never looked so good.

Weekly Cover: Vogue Paris

For my money Vogue Paris is the best of the Vogues. Under Carine Roitfeld, Vogue Paris is what fashion should be: glamourous, wild, exciting and edgy. October 2010 marks their 90th anniversary. I can't wait to see it. In the meantime, why not check out their cover feature.

Barbara

Every now and then I find a magazine that someone else has doodled in. I wish I could find them more often as I cherish the artistic creations inside. I found the drawings in this New Idea to be rather amusing. The doodler gave Mrs Bush devils horns and a Hitler moustache.

Weekly Cover: TAR

I'm quite into this cover from art magazine Tar. It certainly grabs your attention and puts Kate Moss into a new light. Is there a reference to Madonna's video clip for Four Minutes.

Weekly Cover: Esquire

Originally, I was going to choose my favourite George Lois Esquire cover for this post. However, I got side-tracked by the amazingly good Esquire Cover Archive. The image I would have chosen is this one, had I not been astounded to find this fellow's blog post featuring women shaving on magazine covers.

Weekly Cover: Nest

In Winter 2004 Nest ceased publication with its 26th issue. This cover is from the 15th issue, which illustrates the daring originality and design the magazine became known for. With each new issue the rules were rewritten with cover shapes changing and the design inside becoming wilder and wilder. The full collection is cherished here at Flipfactor.

Weekly Cover: T, The New York Times Style Magazine

This week the feature cover is T, The New York Times Style Magazine. The 2008 redesign is elegant and modern, yet classic. I'd love to get my hands on one, but for now I'll make do with the on-line version. I love this cover for it's simple boldness. Check out many others here.

Weekly Cover: Elephant

New-ish from the makers of Frame and Mark is art magazine Elephant. High production values are a given, elegant design expected and content that intrigues seems like an added bonus. What I love most about Elephant is what I discover in its pages. There is a sense of surprise, sometimes shock, but always great interest. It's this week's Weekly Cover because it has made roses work well.

Weekly Cover: Archive

We were pleased to pick up a few back issues of Lürzer's Int'l Archive recently. While a number of covers stood out, this one was easily our pick. Is it a tongue or sauce? It really doesn't matter, this is a clever, not to mention fun cover that sticks in the mind. While Archive is tailored to the advertising industry, there is much inside to excite and intrigue. Check out the back issues here.

Mess with marriage...

We started the week with a 1976 The Australian Women's Weekly cover featuring Prince Charles. With a new weekly cover about to appear, we thought we should close the week with a doodle featuring Prince Charles, but this time with Princess Diana by his side. Our doodler stumbled upon The Weekend Australian Magazine [3-4 April 2004] and added his or her flourish. The original image is captioned "Mess with marriage and marriage will mess with you." Judging by the scribe, we think our doodler was no fan of royalty.