Colophon2009
Colophon is a biennial symposium for magazine makers, experts, advertisers, readers and all creatives involved in the world of the independent magazine. The on-going project aims to build a database of magazines and a network of organizations and people from all over the world.
This international event celebrates excellence and innovation, and promotes exchanges between key players within independent magazine industry.
Launched in 2007, Colophon – International Magazine Symposium will be held for the second time in Luxembourg in 2009. Hosting exhibitions, talks, workshops, parties, events and one-off publications, with a far more expansive programme, with more magazines and more attendees the second event will be far bigger and more ambitious than the first, Colophon2007.
In short, it is the place to be for every single person involved in magazines. A journey into the magazine world, a gathering of magazine lovers, Colophon2009 offers a promising experience with the ultimate goal of positioning Luxembourg as an essential destination for creative industries.
Futuristika, the magazine of extraordinary topics, joined Colophon in September 2009. Here is the “little” interview; Colophon asks, our editor in chief Baris Yarsel answers. Our magazine recently became a Media Partner and is proud to be one of 150 international magazines supporting Colophon. We will present our magazine in Colophon2009 – International Magazine Symposium, March 2009 in Luxembourg.
During Colophon2009, the expanded events will take over the entire capital city. The highlight of the programme will be the Colophon2009 Symposium, held 13-15th March 2009, and based at Casino Luxembourg – Forum for Contemporary Art.
Around 3,000 magazine lovers are expected, looking forward to have a chance to discover innovative insights from world wide known names; illustrators, photgraphers, art directors, publishers, writers, editors, consultants, journalists, academics, during conferences, panel discussions, unique interviews.
Exhibitions, talks, events, experimental workshops and one-off publications will create an inspiring space for exchange and creativity.
Ten additional exhibitions will create a magazine trail through the City of Luxembourg, with routes featuring special installations by ten specially selected independent magazines.
Museums, cinema, art galleries, shops, restaurants and cafes will join the trail and participate in hosting the event’s attendees, stimulating the city’s economy, tourism and culture.
Be a part of it!
To join Colophon2009, get your Flash Pass here. Travel tips for the participants are here.
View the online directory here. Read the interviews here.
Browse the partners here. Join in the International Magazine Survey here.
To support Colophon, take a banner for your blog/website here. For more information contact via here.
Curators
Colophon2009 is produced by Mike Koedinger in collaboration with Casino Luxembourg – Forum for Contemporary Art. Jeremy Leslie and Andrew Losowsky are the other curators.
Mike Koedinger is the founder and co-curator of Colophon, as well as the publisher of the book We Love Magazines. Luxembourg ’s leading independent publisher runs a publishing media group dedicated to producing high quality magazines, corporate publications, guides and events for Luxembourg. With seven publications to his name, an advertising management company, a studio for editorial design and numerous events and websites, his group monitors the pulse of popular culture and society in the greater Luxembourg region. For more info go to here and here.
Jeremy Leslie, the co-founder of Colophon, is Executive Creative Director at the John Brown Group, the UKs leading customer publishing agency. Previously he ran his own studio working for clients including Blitz magazine and The Guardian newspaper, and spent three years as group art director at Time Out. Leslie is a passionate advocate of editorial design, regularly contributing to the creative press and design conferences on the subject. He has written two books about magazine design: Issues (2000) and magCulture (2003), and designed the book We Love Magazines. He is deputy chairman of the newly formed Editorial Design Organisation in London, and a member of the executive committee of D&AD. He also maintains an outstanding blog about magazine design called magculture.
Andrew Losowsky, for four years, was editorial director of Le Cool publishing, based in Barcelona, overseeing the creation of their Weird and Wonderful Guidebooks to Barcelona, Amsterdam, London, Lisbon and Madrid, as well as the remarkable, award-winning inflight magazine Ling. A passionate commentator on magazines, design and unusual ways of telling stories, Losowsky has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the Times of London and Grafik among many other publications. He edited the book We Love Magazines, and his collection of short stories, ‘The Doorbells of Florence’, will be published in Spring 2009 by Chronicle Books. He currently lives in the USA, and writes about magazine issues at losowsky/magtastic.
Publications
There are 2 wonderful publications by Colophon, both essential additions for any magazine collection.
We Love Magazines
As an accompaniment to the Colophon2007 magazine symposium, the book We Love Magazines was created. In keeping with the independent spirit of the magazines featured in the book, the book was published with ten slightly different covers; all having the same title graphic and background photo but featuring ten different drawings in blue foil block by Mio Matsumoto.
The drawings portrayed ten different readers, each representing one of the ten contributing magazines. These were ten pioneering, independent magazines and they have created their own chapters for the book. The magazines were: Carl*s Cars (Norway), Coupe (Canada), Frame (The Netherlands), Omagiu (Romania), Rojo (Spain), S-magazine (Denmark), Shift! (Germany), Streets/Fruits/Tune (Japan), thisisamagazine.com (Italy) and Yummy (France).
The book had sections such as; amazing moments in magazine history, the stories behind successful covers, insider hints from advertising specialists, magazines we miss, new magazines, etc. More over, it also had the most comprehensive directory ever compiled of 1,100 titles and contact details of independent magazines ever printed.
We are looking forward to the 2009 issue. We Love Magazines is an essential read for anyone with a passion for print. When you buy your Flash Pass to Colophon2009, a copy of We Love Magazines 2 is included in the price.
Colophound
Colophound is also an essential addition to every magazine collection. The Colophon magazine, edited by Andrew Losowsky, designed by Luis Mendo and Suzanne Hertogs, s filled with contributions from attendees of the symposiums, thoughts about the future of magazines, and objects left over from the event that have found a new home.
You can order the magazine “Colophound” for 5 € (Europe delivery) or 10 € (worldwide delivery).
Colophon2007 Guest Book
“The fair is amazing and gives us a lot of inspiration”
FRAME magazine, Amsterdam
“Colophon changed my life…”
Stéphanie Dumont, Carl*s Cars, Oslo
“The venue, organisation and construction of the seminars, conferences, etc: excellent”
Karen, Karen magazine, London
“We really enjoyed the friendly atmosphere of the symposium and the beautiful city of Luxembourg”
B EAST magazine, Tallinn
“The whole event has been a great success and I have met so many lovely and interesting people”
Malin Persson, Designer, London
“Good work – you guys rocked our hearts”
Lars Harmsen, Slanted magazine and blog, Karlsruhe
“The only bad thing about colophon was that my bag was too heavy”
Luis Mendo, Art Director, Amsterdam
“What a truly fantastic event: Brilliantly conceptualised, meticulously planned and clinically executed”
Ravi Pathare, MagNation, New Zealand
“One of the best summits I’ve ever attended”
Samir “Mr Magazine” Husni, Missisippi
“Thank you so much for everything”
Yummy magazine, Paris
“I had a beautiful time in Luxembourg, Colophon was truly great”
Miha, Designer, Bucharest
