Mr. Magazine

Welcome to the wonderful world of new magazines.  And by world, I mean literally, the world.  Here are four new magazines from Canada, China, England, and France, all in English and all are a clear testimony of the intimacy of the ink on paper and their creators.  Thanks are in order to my friends at www.magculture.com who on a regular basis supply me with a host of new magazines from their store in the UK.

It used to be said that ideas come by the dozen and they are worth a dime; it is the execution of the ideas that count.  Here are four very well executed ideas as introduced by their creators:

Chicken + Bread 

From The United Kingdom

Editor in Chief Hope Cunningham writes in the intro of the first issue:

Chicken + Bread is a platform created to document food stories and histories that centre people of colour, especially those in the UK. Our contributions to food continue to change what we perceive to be “English” and this is certainly the case for various communities around the world and throughout history…

And this issue you in your hands is rooted in nostalgia too; fulfilling my lifelong dream of creating my own magazine.  After many years of doubting, I’ve finally done it.  I hope you enjoy, or, as the French say, bone apple tea.

Check it out at chickenandbread.com

Serviette

From Canada

Founder and Editor at Large Max Meighen writes in the intro of the first issue:

Hello and welcome to the inaugural issue of Serviette Magazine. For those who are unfamiliar with word “serviette”, it’s Canadian vernacular for a napkin… Whatever the circumstances, you can be certain that wherever there’s food, a serviette is close by.

To that same sentiment, Serviette is a magazine about food, but not just about the food we eat. It’s about the themes, ideas, conversations, an connectivity around the cycle of our food: the language, culture and transformative possibilities of the future of our food; the journey it takes from seed to stomach, and all of the people who helped it along its way.

Thank you so much for reading and supporting independent publishing. We wouldn’t exist without you.

Check it out at serviettemag.com

Overseas 

From France

Editorial Director Andrea Casati writes in the note To Our Readers:

It all started with the waves. The waves of desire, the waves of passion.  Overseas is a journey inspired by a challenge, a vision, a will: to tell the story of basketball from perspectives different than the canonical North American narrative.  It wasn’t easy to start-out and sail, it wasn’t easy to face the fear of the unknown.  But moving from port to port, from meeting to meeting, we understood that the route was the right one, yet not obvious.

Overseas is a pilgrimage in a basketball rooted I local cultures, an immersion int eh sea of superficiality and generalisation that continues to impoverish a movement with infinite facets, infinite meanings, infinite connections.  Addition over subtractions. Complexity over banality…

Thank you for riding the wave of curiosity with us.

Check the magazine out at overseas-mag.com

Noisé

From China

Editor in Chief and Creative Director Tang Siyu writes in the intro of the first issue:

Noisé is a dream and an urge.

It’s about good stories that last.

It’s about visions and sensations that do not diminish.

It’s about true beauty, whether inside or outside.

It’s about trusting our instincts and breaking the rules.

It’s about our faith that people with a gift and people with a dream will shine.

It’s our new chapter, let’s make a Noisé.

Check the magazine out at http://www.noise-magazine.com

So what are you waiting for? Head to your nearest magazine store and pick up a copy of a brand new magazine. There is no more intimacy than holding an ink on paper magazine in your hands. Wake up and smell the ink on paper. It is divine. Enjoy.

Samir “Mr. Magazine™” Husni, Ph.D.

Founder and Director

Magazine Media Center