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8 June 2010

48hr Magazine, issue zero

You may recall me mentioning that I had ordered my very own copy of 48hr Magazine, a super creative project that aimed to do just what the name implied: put out a magazine in just 48 hours.  Well, a few days ago, issue zero arrived in the mail and it was stupendous.

Tucking in with a bowl of leftover curry chicken, I discovered that it doesn’t take weeks and millions of dollars to produce a smart, well-laid out publication afterall.  (In fact, I think that all students should be required to look at 48hr before embarking on any school publication from here on out.)  A truly dedicated team with enough coffee, beer and donated office space – as well submissions from around the globe – can produce one of the smartest, funniest magazines I’ve read in recent memory.

If you pick up your own 48hr Magazine from MagCloud, be sure to go straight for “20 Minutes with Lady Gaga” by Rob Dubbin and “Catastrophic Black Hole Insurance Sales Manual: An Excerpt” by William Poor.  An excerpt from the latter:

Instead ask: How might a black hole affect you and your loved ones?  Who will provide for your children if you are taken by a singularity?

Moon art? Yes.

During the 1960s, Bell Labs asked six artists – including Warhol – to submit drawings that were shrunken and printed on a tiny tile that was then shipped off to the moon in secret. This is the awesomest story I have ever read.

Thanks to io9 for reporting on this – and the upcoming PBS documentary on it!