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'''''Print''''' is an American design and culture website that began as ''Print, A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts'', in 1940,<ref>{{cite news|title=14 Essential Magazines for Graphic Designers|url=http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/01/14-essential-magazines-for-graphic-designers/|access-date=2016-08-22|work=Web Designer Depot|date=14 January 2009}}</ref> and continued publishing a physical edition through the end of 2017 as ''Print''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.printmag.com/steven-brower/print-magazine-farewell/|title=The End of PRINT Magazine as We Know it and a New Beginning - PRINT|date=2018-01-05|website=Print Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref>
'''''Print, A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts''''' was a limited edition quarterly [[periodical]] begun in 1940 and continued under different names up to the present day as '''''Print''''', a bimonthly [[United States|American]] magazine about visual culture and design.


As a printed publication, ''Print'' was a general-interest magazine, written by cultural reporters and critics who looked at design in its social, political, and historical contexts, from newspapers and book covers to Web-based motion graphics, from corporate branding to indie-rock posters. During its run, ''Print'' won five [[National Magazine Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.printmag.com/steven-brower/print-magazine-farewell/|title=The End of PRINT Magazine as We Know it and a New Beginning - PRINT|date=2018-01-05|website=Print Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref> and a number of Folio: Eddies, including Best Full Issue in its final year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foliomag.com/2017-folio-eddie-award-winners/3/|title=2017 Folio: Eddie Award Winners - Page 3 of 14|website=Folio|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref> ''Print'' ceased publication in 2017, with a promise to focus the brand on "a robust and thriving online community."<ref name="printmag">{{cite web|url=http://www.printmag.com/regional-design-annual/print-magazine-winter-2017-2018-regional-design-awards/|website=printmag.com|title=www.printmag.com/regional-design-annual/print-magazine-winter-2017-2018-regional-design-awards/|access-date=2020-12-20}}</ref> Its publisher, [[F+W|F+W Media]], declared bankruptcy in 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonysilber/2019/03/11/fw-media-citing-debt-decline-and-mismanagement-files-for-bankruptcy-protection/|title=F+W Media, Citing Debt, Decline And Mismanagement, Files For Bankruptcy Protection|last=Silber|first=Tony|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref> and a group of independent partners subsequently purchased PRINT from the company that arose out of F+W, Peak Media Properties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foliomag.com/peak-media-spins-off-fw-bankruptcy/|title=Peak Media Spins Off From F+W Bankruptcy|date=2019-07-30|website=Folio|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref>
In its current format, ''Print'' documents and critiques commercial, social, and environmental design from every angle: the good (how New York’s public-school libraries are being reinvented through bold graphics), the bad (how Tylenol flubbed its disastrous ad campaign for suspicious hipsters{{what|reason=only clear Americans, probably}}), and the ugly (how Russia relies on Soviet symbolism to promote sausage and real estate).


==Founding==
''Print'' is a general-interest magazine, written by cultural reporters and critics who look at design in its social, political, and historical contexts. From newspapers and book covers to Web-based motion graphics, from corporate branding to indie-rock posters, from exhibitions to cars to monuments, ''Print'' shows its audience of designers, art directors, illustrators, photographers, educators, students, and enthusiasts of popular culture why our world looks the way it looks, and why the way it looks matters. ''Print'' underwent a complete redesign in 2005.
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The journal was founded by [[William Edwin Rudge]] to demonstrate “the far reaching importance of the graphic arts” including art prints, commercial printing, wallpaper, etc. Contents were eclectic covering typography, book making, book printing, fine prints as well as the trade journal aspects of printing candy bar wrappers.<ref>Editor’s forward Vol 1, #1 (Jun 1940)</ref>

==Nature of the Journal Initially==
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The journal was founded by [[William Edwin Rudge]] to demonstrate “the far reaching importance of the graphic arts” including art prints, commercial printing, wallpaper, etc. Contents were eclectic covering typography, book making, book printing, fine prints as well as the trade journal aspects of printing candy bar wrappers.<ref>editor’s forward Vol 1, #1 (Jun 1940)</ref>


Initially the publication included original prints such as the frontispiece for Vol 1, #1 (Jun 1940) a two color woodcut by Hans Alexander Mueller and Vol 1, #3 (December 1940) a black and white wood engraving by [[Paul Landacre]].
Initially the publication included original prints such as the frontispiece for Vol 1, #1 (Jun 1940) a two color woodcut by Hans Alexander Mueller and Vol 1, #3 (December 1940) a black and white wood engraving by [[Paul Landacre]].
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By Volume 8 (1953) the focus of the periodical had shifted to a trade journal.
By Volume 8 (1953) the focus of the periodical had shifted to a trade journal.


==Name Changes==
==Name changes==

* Vol 1, #1 (Jun 1940) ''Print: A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts''
* Vol 1, #1 (Jun 1940) ''Print: A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts''
* Vol 3, #2 (Summer 1942) combined with ''The Printing Art. An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of the Art of Printing and of the Allied Arts'' but continued under ''Print: A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts''
* Vol 3, #2 (Summer 1942) combined with ''The Printing Art. An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of the Art of Printing and of the Allied Arts'' but continued under ''Print: A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts''

until
===Until===
* Vol 7, #1 (Aug 1951) ''Print'': combining: ''Print, A Quarterly Journal Of Graphic Arts'', Vol. VII, Number 1 and ''The Print Collector's Quarterly'', Volume XXX, Number 4.
* Vol 7, #1 (Aug 1951) ''Print'': combining: ''Print, A Quarterly Journal of Graphic Arts'', Vol. VII, Number 1 and ''The Print Collector's Quarterly'', Volume XXX, Number 4.
* Vol 7, #2 (Jan 1952) ''Print, The Magazine of the Graphic Arts'' - until
* Vol 7, #2 (Jan 1952) ''Print, The Magazine of the Graphic Arts'' - until
* Vol 9, #2 (Oct/Nov 1954) ''Print'' - until
* Vol 9, #2 (Oct/Nov 1954) ''Print'' - until
* Vol 11, #4 (Jan/Feb 1958) ''Print, The Magazine of Visual Communication'' - until
* Vol 11, #4 (Jan/Feb 1958) ''Print, The Magazine of Visual Communication'' - until
* Vol 12, #1 (July/Aug 1958) ''Print, America's Graphic Design Magazine'' at least until May/June 2005 Vol 59, #3.
* Vol 12, #1 (July/Aug 1958) ''Print, America's Graphic Design Magazine'' at least until May/June 2005 Vol 59, #3.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*A search-able index for Vol 1 (1940) to Vol 5 (1948) of this periodical [http://www.artistarchive.com/List/PeriodicalList.aspx artistarchive.com]
* [http://www.printmag.com ''Print'' web site]
* [http://imprint.printmag.com Imprint - ''Print''{{'}}s blog]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:31, 31 January 2022

Print
January/February 2007 issue.
CategoriesGraphic design
First issueJune 1940
Final issueDecember 2017
CompanyPrint Holdings LLC (formerly F+W Media)
CountryUnited States
Based inAustin, Texas
LanguageEnglish
Websiteprintmag.com

Print is an American design and culture website that began as Print, A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts, in 1940,[1] and continued publishing a physical edition through the end of 2017 as Print.[2]

As a printed publication, Print was a general-interest magazine, written by cultural reporters and critics who looked at design in its social, political, and historical contexts, from newspapers and book covers to Web-based motion graphics, from corporate branding to indie-rock posters. During its run, Print won five National Magazine Awards[3] and a number of Folio: Eddies, including Best Full Issue in its final year.[4] Print ceased publication in 2017, with a promise to focus the brand on "a robust and thriving online community."[5] Its publisher, F+W Media, declared bankruptcy in 2019,[6] and a group of independent partners subsequently purchased PRINT from the company that arose out of F+W, Peak Media Properties.[7]

Founding

[edit]

The journal was founded by William Edwin Rudge to demonstrate “the far reaching importance of the graphic arts” including art prints, commercial printing, wallpaper, etc. Contents were eclectic covering typography, book making, book printing, fine prints as well as the trade journal aspects of printing candy bar wrappers.[8]

Initially the publication included original prints such as the frontispiece for Vol 1, #1 (Jun 1940) a two color woodcut by Hans Alexander Mueller and Vol 1, #3 (December 1940) a black and white wood engraving by Paul Landacre.

By Volume 8 (1953) the focus of the periodical had shifted to a trade journal.

Name changes

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  • Vol 1, #1 (Jun 1940) Print: A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts
  • Vol 3, #2 (Summer 1942) combined with The Printing Art. An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of the Art of Printing and of the Allied Arts but continued under Print: A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts

Until

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  • Vol 7, #1 (Aug 1951) Print: combining: Print, A Quarterly Journal of Graphic Arts, Vol. VII, Number 1 and The Print Collector's Quarterly, Volume XXX, Number 4.
  • Vol 7, #2 (Jan 1952) Print, The Magazine of the Graphic Arts - until
  • Vol 9, #2 (Oct/Nov 1954) Print - until
  • Vol 11, #4 (Jan/Feb 1958) Print, The Magazine of Visual Communication - until
  • Vol 12, #1 (July/Aug 1958) Print, America's Graphic Design Magazine at least until May/June 2005 Vol 59, #3.

References

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  1. ^ "14 Essential Magazines for Graphic Designers". Web Designer Depot. 14 January 2009. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  2. ^ "The End of PRINT Magazine as We Know it and a New Beginning - PRINT". Print Magazine. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  3. ^ "The End of PRINT Magazine as We Know it and a New Beginning - PRINT". Print Magazine. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  4. ^ "2017 Folio: Eddie Award Winners - Page 3 of 14". Folio. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  5. ^ "www.printmag.com/regional-design-annual/print-magazine-winter-2017-2018-regional-design-awards/". printmag.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  6. ^ Silber, Tony. "F+W Media, Citing Debt, Decline And Mismanagement, Files For Bankruptcy Protection". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  7. ^ "Peak Media Spins Off From F+W Bankruptcy". Folio. 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  8. ^ Editor’s forward Vol 1, #1 (Jun 1940)
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