Japanese design magazine

The first time I came here, my hard stylist brought me a magazine she reads from time to time called "+81". Just from looking at the cover it was love at first sight (in a design geeky kind of way). The magazine comes out quarterly by season and each issue is a different theme or feature. For example, this year they have has a design focus on a few countries issue and a "crafts" issue. They have done entire photography issues, animation issues, poster issues, typography issues, and basically everything from any aspect of design. One of the best things about the magazine is that it is in both English and Japanese, so not only can I read it, I can study Japanese typography at the same time! I subscribed this year because you can't subscribe from anywhere outside of Japan which REALLY sucks. You can get the magazine shipped to your place for only a few dollars extra than the price of the book (１２５０円 / $12.50 CDN), but having a subscription is so much easier. I was lucky enough to find a really nice store by my place that sells back issues of the magazine, so I went there to grab the Summer 2006 issue "Graphics the world over". I took a few cover shots for you. The green one is the Summer 2006 and the white/gold one is the anniversary issue from earlier this year.

Click here for the +81 website.