Stack ended
on a high note for me with two magazines, both of which I enjoyed and
both of which I would buy again!
Works That Work
This was a bit of a puzzle when I opened up the envelope it arrived in: a grey cover, that on closer inspection was a picture of racks of fish hanging outside in the snow. I think I'd describe Works That Work as a design magazine, but I'd feel like I was underselling it as I did. It's really a testament to human ingenuity and problem-solving, although I guess that's not really a section in most shops.
This issue is based around extreme environments – deserts, war zones, the Arctic – and the things that people have built in them: homemade guns and stoves made from scrap during the siege of Sarajevo; a temporary city of 30 million people for a Hindu festival; a rocket intended for Mars built by amateurs in their spare time. It's fascinating, weird, sad and delightful all at once.
Would I buy it again? Yes, despite its outrageous cover price of £13.
Belleville Park Pages
Belleville Park Pages is a great idea. It's a tiny thing, made from a single sheet of A3 paper folded four times, and it contains a mixture of poetry and prose by new writers (there are 12 pieces in this issue). I liked the idea of Belleville Park Pages so much I wanted to like everything in it. I didn't, but I liked some enough to look up the authors online, which seems like the point of this magazine.
Would I buy it again? Yes. This is the most straightforward answer I have ever had to this question.
Works That Work
This was a bit of a puzzle when I opened up the envelope it arrived in: a grey cover, that on closer inspection was a picture of racks of fish hanging outside in the snow. I think I'd describe Works That Work as a design magazine, but I'd feel like I was underselling it as I did. It's really a testament to human ingenuity and problem-solving, although I guess that's not really a section in most shops.
This issue is based around extreme environments – deserts, war zones, the Arctic – and the things that people have built in them: homemade guns and stoves made from scrap during the siege of Sarajevo; a temporary city of 30 million people for a Hindu festival; a rocket intended for Mars built by amateurs in their spare time. It's fascinating, weird, sad and delightful all at once.
Would I buy it again? Yes, despite its outrageous cover price of £13.
Belleville Park Pages
Belleville Park Pages is a great idea. It's a tiny thing, made from a single sheet of A3 paper folded four times, and it contains a mixture of poetry and prose by new writers (there are 12 pieces in this issue). I liked the idea of Belleville Park Pages so much I wanted to like everything in it. I didn't, but I liked some enough to look up the authors online, which seems like the point of this magazine.
Would I buy it again? Yes. This is the most straightforward answer I have ever had to this question.
