Frab's blog

To the question "what is Gleam?" We can answer you briefly that it is the photographer's bookzine Michele Arrabito, with stories by Giada Biaggi, Matteo Bianchi, Nicola Feninno and Ivan Carozzi.
But we also want to tell you that Barlume is a very particular editorial creature, the result of a carnal and somewhat mysterious passion that leads to being able to grasp beauty where others do not see it.

There are still few well-made political journals in the independent world. Discontent is an exciting new release from 2021 that focuses on current events and turmoil in the Middle East.

Paper, scissors and glue: these are roughly the working tools of a collage artist. We interviewed one who made a poster for Frab's (free to download) full of visual stimuli to get inspired and create their own collage.

 

Perfect is not just another magazine and it is not a classic fashion magazine, it presents itself as a big book that makes its multi-channel approach its real strength. Editor-in-chief Katie Grand presents it like this: "What we strove to do with Perfect was to take the magazine format and elevate it from a disposable paper product to a desirable object that satisfies all the senses."

We want to put together all the rumors that they are tired and would like to put an end to the vicious circle of the consignment. Can you help us create a network for the publishing of tomorrow?

For the Secret Mag Club of April 2021 we have selected issue 12 of Sirene Journal, an Italian magazine which tells the philosophy of the sea, the feelings and passion of those who experience this natural element in its purest and least touristy form.

This guide is designed for those who would like to carry out their own editorial project and ask themselves: how are the contents of a magazine structured? What elements should I enter? We went through a few magazines and extrapolated the practical elements that we advise you to keep in mind when you approach the structuring of a magazine.

One of the characteristics of independent magazines is time: they are slow publications, with long and sometimes irregular cadences, but above all they need time and slowness to be read and really appreciated.

We often find this slowness also in the contents, which invite you to embrace a conscious life. We have selected five inspiring independent magazines that invite us to slow down, offering us ideas and good reasons for a more conscious lifestyle.

In the Secret Mag Club of March 2021 we have chosen to talk about Europe and journalism with the magazine Are We Europe. A political journalism magazine that chooses to tell Europe in a different way from the one we know, rigorously deepening the stories and reasons of its people and its peoples.

Founded in 1962, Cineforum in 2020 changes its skin: format, graphics and periodicity are revisited, remaining faithful to the original in the contents. Among its pages presentations and reviews alternate with controversy and discussions on dozens of films, analysis of film trends and authorial trends in this sector.
On the occasion of the release of the first issue we interviewed Emanuela Martini, editor of the magazine.