“Film, Music, Art, Design, Culture.” I mean, really, what else is there anyway? My dad got me hooked onto this magazine a few years ago when I was still living at home. I was never really into magazines – before I discovered RES magazine. This magazine is so cool because they have such a high regard for design (and therefore the layout is great, modern, easy to follow, compelling, etc), keep up-to-date with interesting articles, but really because of their use of multimedia. I have always been really interested in music and love discovering new bands. Yet apart from hearing about new things from my friends, I don’t seem to be very good at discovering things on my own, haha. One of the best things about RES is that, as a quarterly magazine, every issue comes complete with a DVD that has a variety of new music videos (often by really great directors, etc), short films, and new music. I’ve discovered many bands that I ended up loving from RES – not to mention got a whole different kind of inside look into the current (often independent) music video world (these aren’t really the type of videos that would be shown on mTV, etc). And although my dad first gave me this magazine for the music, I ended up discovering a bunch of interesting filmmakers from these DVDs and articles also!
And their website is even more hands on. The main index has an elegant style of design matched with a simple color palate and instructions. Under the main heading, the three main links lead you wherever you want to go within the magazine – all made easy under one site ! – magazine – resfest – watch and listen. Plus you have access to all of their great articles. Some of the people focused on in the most recent issue include Matthew Barney, Beck, Michel Gondry, Miranda July, Richard Linklater, Animal Collective, Gael Garcia Bernal - just to name a few...
RES has had plenty of time to develop as their ten year issue is coming out soon, yet has remained involved in the more underground side of things – staying true to the alternative and independent artists of the times. I definitely recommend this site, this magazine, checking out resfest, etc etc etc!
http://www.res.com/
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Sara – I had never heard of RES Magazine until I read your blog post. From what you wrote, this magazine is exactly what I have been looking for. So many of the magazines out today are loaded with nonsense and give little stimulation. I went to visit the website to find out more about the magazine. The website had so many interesting, interactive parts to it… I felt as though I was inside of an artistic mind! They cover almost all aspects of art, and it is very informative about new artists, movements, and artistic design. How long has this magazine been available, and how have I never heard of it? Thanks for sharing this magazine with me!
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