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Spark's latest issue, with Melissa Kurland on the cover! Go grab your copy!

A Magazine is Born

Here's the digital version of the magazine.

Wallpaper Philippine Edition

Oh how I wish Wallpaper has a local version.

(Ok, sorry for the misleading title. haha. Above are Wallpaper Thai Edition covers.)

Mag Love: T Magazine

Awesome. Click "Read more" for their Winter and Holiday 2010 covers.

BC Magazine Philippines

1. Bianca Valerio 2. Vina Morales 3. Tessa Prieto-Valdes with daughter with mua Claire Diokno and BC's Ms. Lyndee Favis 4. Mikaela Lagdameo-Martinez 5. Bianca Araneta 6. Tweetie De Leon-Gonzales 7. Georgia Schulze 8. Daphne Oseña-Paez [with me] 9. Amanda Griffin-Jacob 10, Sheryl Reyes-Tan

The number one fashion and lifestyle magazine for the family in the U.S. has finally arrived here! BC Magazine Philippines just launched its first issue last month (Oct.- Nov. issue). And I am very proud to say that I'm a part of its editorial team. :] You guys know how fascinated I am with magazines and yes, it is a dream come true for me to be actually working [not just contributing] in a magazine - the thrill of every photoshoot, pulling out clothes, shoes, accessories [for adults and kids], styling, some writing, conceptualizing, layouting, coordinating with celebs/handlers/muas/ hairstylists, meeting a lot of people, etc. :] 

For BC's premiere issue, we have two covers - Ms. Dawn Zulueta-Lagdameo with kids and a collage of our Most Beautiful Moms(bts photos above). :] Next week will be our official launch party/ photo exhibit [Most Beautiful Moms and some Hollywood celebs BC has done], I'll tell you more about it soon! :] Meanwhile, please like our FB page. Thanks! :]

P.S. There's a new addition to the BC family, which I am very excited about - SPARK Magazine, details soon! :]

Oh Cole Mohr

via ilovefakemagazine

ELLE Covers

Bjork Covers

Hologram Magazine

Designer friend Ezekiel Aquino made this editorial imagery where one of my snaps from the Philippine Fashion Week was used. It's from Michael Cinco's show as supermodel Ria Bolivar transformed this enchanting dress to a military inspired outfit.

Check out more of EZ's works here.

Monday Edition II Contribution

My review for a Secret Diary of Call Girl was published in Monday mag's second issue.

Big big thanks to Monday team especially to Ms. Grisel Garcia (Executive Editor) and Sir Ric Gindap (EIC)!!! much! :D

more and more contri please! GV! GV! GV! lol

Mag Love II

Hello Optimism!

Finally, some decent magazine in the local indsutry has arrived.

Monday Magazine is a new publication for young urban professionals that covers corporate culture, consumerism and lifestyle.

Now on their second issue, Monday magazine did not fail its readers for having an equally powerful and very controversial cover(s). For their pilot issue, they did four covers and now trimmed down to two, but still having that same very strong impact.

"Well, you have to see it's cutting-edge design which our EIC pain-strickenly obsessed with to make it perfect. And when I say obsessed i mean the same definition as Merriam-Webster has. Every kerning and spacing are calculated, rivers are eliminated and every paragraphs and lines are balanced and measured!" - Bonnapart Galeng, Associate Editor

I personally saw the pilot issue and I must agree with Bonn. Knowing their EIC, Mr. Ric Gindap, I know that he wouldn't allow even a single wrong spacing. Perfectionist much? Well, he's a genius. lol.   

An almost 300-page magazine, Monday is a great read (substance plus not-painful-to-the-eyes visuals) for someone with style, sophisticated taste and living today's modern lifestyle. Here's a sneak peak of their second issue.

Photography Diego Lorenzo Jose (lotsboys.ph)

Assistant Photographer Chris Yuhico

Models:  Gwendoline Ruais, Marx Topacio

Stylists Mike de Guzman + George Palmiano (MGP)

Hair+Make up Fred Penales (Hairshaft)

Cover reminds me of Tori Amos

Industrie

 Industrie Magazine — Issue 01 from Saturday on Vimeo.

Industrie is the first and only media title dedicated to presenting an independent, in-depth look at the fashion industry, going behind the scenes to chronicle the personalities, stories and defining moments in the world of fashion. - http://industriemagazine.com

Ish

Ish is probably one of the best magazines I've ever seen. I came to know about it a few years back when I saw it seemingly lost in a magazine stand. With its outstanding cover, I know that it is something I would love to read. And I was right, with the copies properly spaced out (good kerning and leading) plus simple but very nice layout, it is something really pleasing to the eyes. Of course,  great photos and graphics are given. love!

here's something from their site:

iSh, one of Asia’s most celebrated design magazine, was founded in 1999 by Kelley Cheng as an independent magazine dedicated to promoting the best of Asian design and designers to an international audience. The bi-monthly magazine has since been bought over and published by Page One Publishing Private Limited, but with Cheng still at the helm.

With its bold and striking design, iSh won the Design for Asia Award – Asia’s highest design award – in 2005. Lorraine Justice, one of the judges, described iSh as, “one of my favourite magazines out there today. Each and every page is exciting to look at. They are different and carefully designed.”

Following this, iSh garnered for itself the “Excellence in Magazine Front Cover Design” award at the prestigious Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) 2007 Awards for Editorial Excellence. The magazine received its latest accolade, once again, at this year’s SOPA 2008 Awards. For the second year in a row, iSh caught the judges’ attention at the SOPA Awards with its signature bold design. It bagged the Honorable Mention for “Excellence in Magazine Design” in the category for small magazines or local newspapers published in English.

Month of Aug in year 2009, iSh departs with a big bang as she clinches the Award of Excellence in Magazine Design at the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards for Editorial Excellence yet again. Having bagged the SOPA award for the third time, it is a promise of recognition for iSh magazine’s stature in the publishing industry as well as the efforts of its team of very committed editors and designers.  

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Sadly, last August 2009 the team have decided to cease the publication of ish after a good decade's run.