Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An anthology of 150 of the world's most cutting-edge art, fashion, photography, architecture, and design periodicals currently in publication traces the evolution and future of magazines in the digital age, in a visual survey that features essays from such top industry thinkers as Steven Heller, Terry Jones, and Robert Sacks. Original.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Biography (p. 010)
• The Last Magazine (in Print) (p. 014)
• Quotes (p. 018)
• The Business of Content (p. 022)
• The E-Paper Catalyst (p. 030)
• Alternative Publishing in the Twentieth Century (p. 038)
• Early Days of Dazed Rankin (p. 046)
• More on the Stylepress (p. 050)
• Unique Physicality (p. 054)
• Exceptional Design (p. 104)
• Unorthodox Content (p. 172)
• The Issue Journey (p. 206)
• By and for Community (p. 242)
• Beyond Printed Matter (p. 260)
• Stylepress Index (p. 282)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Library Journal Review

"Within 25 years, only 10 percent of the paper-based magazine industry will remain"-this is one of several statistics author Renard (founder, MU Inc/Netcirculation) marshals to portray the upheaval in magazine publishing in this title accompanied by the traveling exhibition "Magazines in Transition." Renard attributes the decline in print circulation in part to readers' desire to access up-to-the-minute interactive media and in part to inefficiencies in the periodical distribution system that have made old business models untenable. Through smart essays by industry figures (e.g., Steven Heller, Bob Sacks, Nick Hampshire), he projects a future in which periodicals will be divided into two distinct types: mass-market titles available only in electronic form, which are interactive and continuously updated; and the "stylepress," periodicals offering a "tactile" experience to a niche audience of trendsetters, defying publishing conventions, and valuing forward design over traditional strategies. Graphic designers will appreciate the many full-page color illustrations of stylepress covers and interiors, while industry insiders will be interested in this contribution to a topic with which they have no doubt been grappling for some time.-Michael Dashkin, Qualcomm, San Diego (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.