May 11
May 04
Horn tooted
Posted in: Issue 9, Press/MentionsIt’s lucky that Janine has a team working with her now. It makes bragging about her nomination in the 2011 National Magazine Awards MUCH less awkward. Janine has been recognized in the Art Direction for an Entire Issue category for issue #9. The winners will be announced in Toronto on June 7
I know all of you know just how special UPPERCASE is. But, why not share this story with your circle of friends and tell them what you think of us. Or better yet, pick them up a copy.
May 04
Anthropologie virgin
Posted in: Press/MentionsI have a confession for you. I have never been to Anthropologie. I occasionally take a quick hit off their site-but only for a few minutes. I know I will love it and walk through buying things and being totally inspired. And I will come home with another addiction. Like coffee. Or chocolate. Or yarn. I just don’t know how many addictions one can have. Following this same illogical logic, I have never eaten poutine.
But, now that Anthropologie has shown us some love, and since I know they stock UPPERCASE, I will go in. And, I think I’ll come out with many things, along with this shower curtain.
Apr 27
Psst…
Posted in: Press/MentionsWanna play a modern game of chance?
STC Craft did an interview with Janine. And, there’s a contest for a subscription to UPPERCASE.
I know, I know…fortune favours the bold…but, you may not want to leave your UPPERCASE subscription up to fickle fortune. Subscriptions are on sale now.
Apr 20
Burritos with Moonpie
Posted in: Issue 13, Press/MentionsUPPERCASE contributor Alanna Cavanagh visited with Lourdes Sánchez for issue #13. Alanna recently posted some pictures of the day she spent with Lourdes, and her dog Moonpie, for the interview. Alanna also links to Lourdes’ site. Scrolling through the images there is an inspirational way to kick off your weekend.
Image from lulisanchez.com
Apr 11
Little ol’ me
Posted in: Press/MentionsBack in December, I was asked by Avenue, a local lifestyle magazine, to create a self portrait for a series that runs on the last page of each issue. People don’t often realize that UPPERCASE was a one-woman operation for quite a long time and are surprised when they find out. “How do you manage to get it all done?” is a common question. Struggling to do all of the magazine workload on my own and was getting pretty tired out. So I decided to clone myself:
Glen took my picture against a white wall (Finley wanted to be part of the fun) and then I printed and cut myself out and went to work:
The image and brief article appears in this month’s Avenue. And as regular blog readers will know, I now have three talented people working for UPPERCASE: Glen is a regular contributor, Eleanor manages the online shop and subscription queries and Erin is our new online editor. (So much better than clones!)
Apr 06
Love & Elephants from London
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We noticed an interesting love note left for us on a blog out of London. It’s from someone who has never seen, let alone read UPPERCASE. The mysterious figure behind Bakary Cafe had a friend scour Toronto for back issues and received them last week.
Bakary writes, “I got the magazines yesterday. They look as perfect and scintillating as I had hoped they would be. I’m an inquisitive being. Everything is an adventure. Colours, art, food, patterns, architecture, people.”
After reading the blog, I noticed that Bakary has an elephant affinity.
“As for elephants…well…they’re fascinating animals. They look so bulky yet they’re so gracious. I don’t quite know how it started. I’ve always liked them. Then one day I noticed that they were popping up in my life in unexpected places. Then I noticed them in more and more places. That’s when I realized they are everywhere!”
So, to send some internet love back across the ocean, here’s a picture for you Bakary.
Here’s my photo of Spike, the Calgary Zoo’s bull elephant.
Mar 31
Weekend Reading: SDP 46
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A couple of spreads from UPPERCASE have made it into the Society of Publication Designer‘s annual, earning a merit for the “design of an entire issue” category. Nice to see it listed on a page with The New York Times Style Magazine and TIME! The spreads displayed are about illustrator Martin Haake and a contents page featuring a photo by Paul Octavious.
Mar 30
Collected tweets
Posted in: Issue 13, Press/MentionsYour tweets, pics and mentions about issue #13 (so far!)
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Mar 29
Evernote was here!
Posted in: Press/Mentions
It’s odd for me to be on the other side of the camera.
Kasey, Nick and a bit of me
We moved the couch so that you can see all the magazines behind me in the frame.
Kasey asks the questions off-camera.
Nick does the video and sound.Yesterday Kasey Fleisher Hickey and Nick Strayer of Evernote were visiting all the way from California to make a video about little ol’ me and how I use Evernote as an integral part of UPPERCASE publishing.
I look forward to sharing the finished video with you, in which I explain in more detail how it is part of my creative and business life. If you’re not familiar with Evernote, here’s a little introduction:
I really can’t recommend the service enough and my endorsement of the service comes very naturally. I’ve been using Evernote since issue #2, so it is an integral part of my creative and editorial process in the magazine development. It has been like an editorial assistant or second brain for me—I honestly couldn’t get as much done and sorted without it and I have Evernote on my main computer, laptop and iphone. In addition to my ideas, inspirations and web links, all or your emailed suggestions, portfolio links and submissions get put directly into my Evernote database where I can easily access it and pull up content as I need it.
Thank you to Kasey and Nick and the rest of the Evernote team for wanting to share my story.
Thank you to Eleanor for the excellent photos above!
My perspective, as an Instagram.
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