Idn Editorial Design Issue

It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times.

“The famous opening line of Charles Dickens’s novel a tale of two cities is a perfect description of todays publishing industry. There are more means of communication available to us today than ever before – but such a plethora of choices inevitably implies that not all of them will survive.” - idn (vol.16 no.5 2009)   

Excerpts from Idn magazine: Editorial Design issue

How do you see the future for little white lies – and editorial design in general?

We see ourselves just plodding along, adding new bits and bringing new ideas to LWL as and when we can afford it, and generally trying to keep it fresh and relevant. As for editorial design in general, while we take no pleasure in the fact that many magazine companies are closing in this wintery economic climate, we would like to think that it might force people to think more carefully about the standards and qualities of their magazines. Basically when it’s hard to survive , people have to up their game, and the overall quality of magazines that I might find on a shelf will rise. We don’t necessarily think this is a bad thing for magazines, or for editorial design in general.