Behind The Brand Gets Dirty with Motorcycle Builder, Roland Sands

What happens when you mix one of the web's best business interview shows with one of the hottest motorcycle builders around? Serious Inspiration! "We've been a 'goto' for a lot of the magazines because we always produce stuff that people want to see... but today, if I had to choose between online or paper [promotion], I'd chose online any day, because we have instant access to our consumers" As much as I love printed material, and work with magazines, it's hard to negate this point. … [Read more...]

Janine Vangool of Uppercase Magazine Talk About Evernote

I missed this story earlier, but I'm glad I came across the post on Evernote's blog. The video is a short interview with Janine Vangool, designer/publisher of Uppercase Magazine, and how she uses Evernote to help her put the magazine together. I've been toying with the idea of getting deeper into Evernote because I hear so many good things about it. I have the app on my iPhone, but I'm not using it anywhere close to its potential apparently. Since I'm pretty much using Uppercase as my model and inspiration for getting my own magazine off the ground, I can't help but want to wonder what I'm missing out on with Evernote. I worked as a freelance designer for many years and grew tired of designing for other people’s content. I had always wanted to publish my own books and magazines and based on the success of my blog, I decided to pursue the dream. I just crossed my fingers and hoped that a small percentage of my readers would subscribe to a print publication. It took off more … [Read more...]

State of Unique’s Sonja Rasula Talks to the Creative Mornings Crew

I've been waiting to see this talk for awhile since I wasn't able to attend. In fact, I still haven't watched it, but since it's so timely to what we're doing here with our Unique Paper series, I figured I would share with y'all. … [Read more...]

Interview With Paperswell Magazine

Paperswell Interview

A few weeks back, I did a small piece on an indie mag called Paperswell, something I found while searching through MagCloud. The magazine is about paper, mostly invitations and announcements and a lot of finely crafted calligraphy. I was intrigued and since I was curious to see the quality of Magcloud's production, I ordered a copy of Paperswell. Needless to say, the magazine is awesome, both from an editorial and art standpoint, as well as production quality. I immediately asked the creators, Kelle McCarter and Laura Dombrowski, for a short interview, after the jump. … [Read more...]