Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Launch Party...

The launch of issue two will be held once again at the lovely ARTery (9535 Jasper Ave Edmonton) on Friday April 3rd at 9:00pm. We will be updating the blog with more information about entertainment for the evening when it is 100% confirmed... If you can't make it out to our little shin-dig you can always pick up a copy of the magazine at Nokomis, Eden Lilly and Chapters on Whyte. Or if you are out of Edmonton check our list of retailers. Thats all for now lovelies and be sure to check out the new site at www.dispaydesignmagazine.com .

Display

Monday, March 9, 2009

We are up and running....

www.displaydesignmagazine.com

Hello Display fans. We finally have our website up and running. We are still making minor adjustments so in the next few days you might notice some small changes, however it is beautiful and just waiting for your feedback.
xo

Display

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Hot off the presses!

The sophomore issue of Display is out! We just picked it up from the printers and are shipping it to the distributor right now.

So look for this cover on newsstands across Canada in the next week or so:



If your magazine store of choice isn't carrying it, ask them to order it in! We're distributed by Disticor and our ISSN is 1918-5898 Display.

Also, the wonderful and talented Cindy Couldwell is working on our official website. Pretty soon, you'll be abel to learn all about the what/why/when/where/how of Display at www.displaydesignmagazine.com.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Big News and a Sneak Peek

Hello Display fans,

Look for Display on newsstands across Canada very soon! Our second issue, focussed on the notion of 'responsibility and design' is scheduled to launch early March. Not only will this issue be sold at the venues listed in our previous posts, but we've also been picked up by a national distributor. Now residents all over the country will be able to get their hands on Display!

As for Blog media, check out mocoloco's great post about us, featuring excerpts from our first issue. You can also check us out at Sensory Metrics!

In other internet news, we have a new website in the works. Check back soon for url info!

And last but not least, here's a sneak peak from our upcoming issue by the always creative Nickelas Johnson:








Thursday, January 8, 2009

New Vancouver Location

We're now on sale in Vancouver at a delightful new store:

Dandelion Emporium
2442 Main Street
Vancouver, B.C., V5T 3E2

Check the posts below for a complete list of our retailers across Canada!

Monday, December 15, 2008

In the Globe and Mail

A couple weeks ago we were thrilled to be featured in the Globe and Mail's style section. Written by the lovely Amy Verner, the article was on page L5 of the paper on Saturday, Nov. 29th. The link to the article is no longer available, so we thought we'd share the article right here:

THE READ
Display Magazine
By Amy Verner

The cool new kid on the magazine scene, Display celebrates Canadian design.

     Even magazines adhere to a Darwinian process of natural selection - call it survival of the most relevant. So at a time when shopping glossies begin to feel decadent, it makes sense that the message of a new magazine will have to be decidedly different.
     Display launched two weeks ago and it feels about as a fresh and free-spirited as anything on the newsstands. The fact that the content is entirely Canadian adds to the argument that we need not rely on European or Japanese publications for inspiring design.
     What's inside the first issue? Think elegant mash up of illustrators, bloggers, graphic designers and precocious twentysomethings.
     In fact, Display founders Charlotte Falk and Jennifer Kowton are 24 and[26] respectively. Sharing the title of editor and creative director, they built the magazine while pursuing a [Masters] in architecture (Falk) and a full-time job as a graphic designer (Kowton).
     Sure, they could go to a bookstore and pick up Monocole or Wallpaper or even the cool Canadian bi-monthly Azure, but Falk and Kowton wanted to galvanize little-known designers from across the country and package their work into an intellectual and sometimes irreverent representation of national cool.
     The young women met in Edmonton, although Falk recently moved to Vancouver. As a result, much of the content leans toward the West. And that's a good thing. Toronto types tend to lose sight of the design and manufacturing chops in other parts of the country.
     "We hope to expand our base as we go along," Falk says of both the contributors and readers.
     Among the highlights of the current issue are a story about the increasing connectedness of web developers and designers, a piece about Edmonton's design community and an enigmatic photo series by Eric Duffy. The writing can ramble on occasions, but the intellectual tone (imagine a graduate student making small talk at an art gallery) is refreshing.
     Display is a quarterly and, at present, it's not easy to find. The initial print run was 1,000 copies (on Forestry Stewardship Council-certified paper). With any luck, the magazine's distribution will increase and the magazine will evolve. If nothing more, support from readers will serve as a display of pride in homegrown design potential.