Organised by MagCulture
How have magazine editors and designers responded creatively to the biggest story of our time?
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Unable to hold our usual NY conference this month, we’re excited to announce we’re leaving the lecture theatre to bring the magCulture Live experience to your home.
The two-hour event will be a virtual celebration of magazines in the 2020 pandemic, with international speakers from different areas of magazine publishing sharing creative responses to Covid-19.
Confirmed speakers:
- Gail Bichler, design director, The New York Times Magazine
- Jaap Biemans, founder, Coverjunkie
- Martha Dillon, editor, It’s Freezing in LA!
- Pann Lim, creative director, Rubbish FAMzine
- Max Siedentopf, Ordinary & Toiletpapa
Gail Bichler, Design director, The New York Times Magazine (New York)
Since lockdown, Gail and her award-winning NYTMagazine team have produced a series of weekly issues examining every aspect of the pandemic. She will share this work and discuss collaboration while working from home.
Jaap Biemans, Founder, Coverjunkie.com (Amsterdam)
Jaap is art director of the weekly magazine for the Volkskrant newspaper; alongside this he curates the Coverjunkie website, sharing the best magazine covers from across the world. He’ll be highlighting the best pandemic cover designs.
Martha Dillon, Editor, It’s Freezing in LA! (London)
Despite Covid-19 and its effects, climate change remains our biggest challenge. Martha will present the recent fifth issue of IFLA! and discuss what climate change and the pandemic mean together.
Pann Lim, Creative director, Rubbish FAMzine (Singapore)
Alongside his creative agency Kinetic, Pann, and his wife Claire and children Renn and Aira, have published nine issues of Rubbish FAMzine, a unique collaborative project about their lives. He’ll be sharing advice on staying creative in lockdown.
Max Siedentopf, Creative director, Ordinary & Toiletpapa (London)
Known for his absurdist visual humour, Max will be sharing recent work created during the lockdown.
As well as our speakers, we’re busy collecting lockdown advice from many of our favourite magazine teams; each ticket will come with a PDF guide to favourite movies, music, recipes and more.
All speakers are confirmed but in the current circumstances changes are possible.