Zinestack Roundup No.28
another green zine, corita, surveillance, two tutorials
New Zine about 1960s Penguin Crime Novels by Josh MacPhee
After years and years of doggedly collecting what are commonly called “Green Penguins,” a series of hundreds of crime novels published with green covers by the UK publisher Penguin in the 1960s, I’ve both mounted an exhibition of the collection, and created a zine that documents the history of the books, their design, and the designers that made them… read more →
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Where have all the flowers gone? The new dawn of Corita Kent
Long before punk, protest zines, or postmodern type, Corita Kent was breaking graphic language open and asking designers to give a damn… read more →
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Our Zine About ICE Surveillance Is Here
A free PDF zine that distills reporting on ICE surveillance tech into something you can print and pass along… read more →
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Single Sheet Zines, Two Ways
The simplest video tutorial I’ve seen on How to make a zine from one piece of printer paper:
2. A quick but really comprehensive and easy to follow tutorial on How to Design Your Zine Using Canva:
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📝 Notes from the Studio
In last week’s Makeist newsletter, I featured handmade birthday cards, a deep dive into branding with Steve Brock, and my musings on handwriting.
Read Issue #159 cards + conversation + cursive from Makeist →
Omg, Jen. This is so good, so generous. It's like being at a Art potluck, everyone's made something that I immediately wanted to dig into and the best is, it's inspiring and inspired.
Great roundup!