webzine design inspiration!

November 21, 2005 12:43 PM

I'm looking for examples of well-designed webzines.

I'm preparing to manage the redesign/transformation of blog into more of a webzine, and I feel sadly unprepared to give the designer ideas. Know of any great examples of solidly designed webzines? It's not even that I need visual ideas ... I need some information architecture inspiration!

posted by arielmeadow to computers & internet (6 comments total)

The Morning News
posted by Marquis at 1:02 PM on November 21, 2005

I rather like The Escapist's layout.
posted by cmonkey at 1:22 PM on November 21, 2005

Self link: openingbands.com ...
posted by twiggy at 2:17 PM on November 21, 2005

vellemagazine
posted by jeremias at 4:41 PM on November 21, 2005

Clandestina Colors
Artkrush
Reservocation
Scene 360
Gaper's Block
posted by hobbes at 9:26 PM on November 21, 2005

I once considered a blog/webzine switch (although I changed my mind afterwards), so I looked at examples of other zines. Here are two I remember looking at (both science, because that's my own niche)

I like how Science Bistro looks. It has short snippets on the front page, it has a sidebar with more frequently updated links so there are things going one even when articles are not updated.
On the other hand, I don't like how Science Creative Quartely looks. There is too much scrolling to be done, and too much text at once.
posted by easternblot at 9:05 AM on November 22, 2005