Digital Magazine Experiments pt 2

This project by one of the MA DDM students, Anna, is really shaping up to be interesting - and looking at the recent developments could be a more than pertinent investigation. As Paul pointed out, the fact that Apple is intending to release a handheld tablet device could breathe new life into the e-reader and digital reading experience...

A more traditional (!) attempt by Wired Magazine, recreating page-turns and adding interactivity

http://www.wired.co.uk/promotions/sampler200907.aspx

Sports Illustrated designed to be viewed and interacted with on a handheld tablet device... the real estate of the screen is really being used in a clever way, and appropriately to the functionality of Digital Media. The interaction design is reflecting the essence of magazine reading - e.g. browsing, focusing - and not just copying the physical act of page turning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntyXvLnxyXk

Hopefully, Anna will find out more in her research about our relationship with and experience of magazines....

Digital Magazine Experiments

I came across a blog post yesterday, reporting on an experimental online magazine. This lead me on a quick stab journey, also inspired by Anna's interest in the experience of reading magazines and how this could change, be supported or enhanced through digital media.
A Portuguese success story: could i be the future of newspapers?
http://www.editorsweblog.org/analysis/2009/11/a_portuguese_success_story_could_i_be_th.php

Time offering 'customized' experimental magazine
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.70cafb3720e94be3c92af2caf941a9aa.b31&show_article=1

fusion is an experimental magazine that is developed at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Department Media Design. The issues have individual subjects – ranging from identity to typography – and are finalized on an irregular schedule. 
http://www.experimental-fusion.de/