idea, No. 372

We’ve not looked into this for a long time, but when we first opened we wanted to carry this magazine from Japan. And Eye from England. As we recall, the distributor insisted that we carry five titles. There probably aren’t five worthwhile graphic design magazines in the world. We considered getting Cat Fancy and F1 Heroes just to meet the minimum, but that seemed like a waste of money. (Also, people don’t buy new magazines, so we’ve since been glad to skip the whole thing.) Anyway, idea is always good. And because it is largely in Japanese it is rarely seen in the States even though it’s a good one to buy because the pictures are totally worth it and one need not feel guilty about not reading it even though our phones can now largely translate anything. (Except Flemish. The other day we tried to translate something from Flemish on our phone and it didn’t work. We switch the settings to Dutch: No dice.) Anyway, a tremendous source of inspiration and cheaper than a flight to Japan.