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This is a bit of an experiment, partly inspired by a presentation by Jeremy Leslie [magculture.com/blog], Mark Porter [markporter.com] and Richard Spencer Powell [monocle.com] at St Bride’s last Wednesday, courtesy of YCN Live (Thanks James! It were top.) [ycnonline.com/live].
The big question that seems to be floating about at the moment is once you acknowledge the influence online media has had on traditional print media, how do you then make yourself visible when readers may not even be viewing your content through your own website. I’ve often wondered how many people visit Boicozine directly or prefer to view these here posts via a reader such as Google Reader [reader.google.com]. I know many of you still do because of the encouraging (and occasionally negative) comments I get when meeting readers in person. Film is shaping up to be the last vestige of branding for publications starting to aggregate content. So without further ado. The first Boicozine mini-movie thingy. It’s about a new magazine concept called Distill [distilldigital.com]. Let me know what you think of the video. Too fast? Too shabby? Too much like I’m liking the sound of my own voice? Post comments here on on the boicovideo Vimeo page [vimeo.com/boicovideo].
First published: September 6th, 2008
Filed under: Notices, Publications, Videos
Posted by: Michael
Very Nice!
Côme de Bouchony — Sep 08 08 at 8:24 amIs it possible to purchase this single issue somewhere online?
Oops. I got all caught up in the magic of moving pictures and forgot to add the link. Here tis… http://www.distilldigital.com/
Michael — Sep 08 08 at 8:37 amAre you doing the video review Michael? I think if you were still back here, you’d love Ariel Books. I just went in today after class and they had a few fresh copies of it already on shelf. It’s great to see Doingbird there.
Mike H. — Sep 08 08 at 9:05 amGreat video – nice and simple, does so much more than a simple photo+caption. More!
As for Distill, it’s like the mag version of a decent compilation album, but it could do with a bit more variety. It’ll be interesting to see how broad the scope is with future issues.
I’d like to see something along the same line as this, but featuring classic/rare articles from old mags (Restill…?).
Daniel — Sep 08 08 at 12:48 pmI got a copy at the station this morning, they have some good names involved in making the selection – Giles Deacon, Dejan Sudjic etc etc, and big name magazines alongside ones I’d not heard of before (The Room from Hungary next to V next to Wig)
rob — Sep 08 08 at 9:53 pmMike: Is Aerial Books in Melbourne or Sydney. I think I’ve heard of it before.
Dan: The classic/rare thing is an awesome idea. I like the idea of making reproductions of vintage mags. It would be a great design exercise.
It’s interesting to note who is publishing this mag too… http://www.craftpublishing.com/
Michael — Sep 09 08 at 8:08 amIt’a a tumblelog on paper…
Nice video and great music choice (couldn’t help it, I love Stereolab!)
diogo — Sep 10 08 at 11:00 amhttp://www.arielbooks.com.au in paddington, sydney. maybe a new video of the old archived covers of vogue and so forth are in order too?
Mike H. — Sep 11 08 at 12:55 amRestill is a genius idea.
Andrew — Sep 11 08 at 9:59 pm