Interview Germany June 2015: Binx Walton by Benjamin Alexander Huseby

[poison84]

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[poison84]

second cover Amber Heard by terry Richardson

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[kokobombon]

Love Binx´s cover. I only wish that they would have photoshoped her nipple, it kinda looks like a stain on the top.
The layout is quite amateur in both covers imo...

 

[narcyza]

Both covers are weak but I like much more with Binx.

 

[tigerrouge]

Amber Heard's casual stance looks more suitable for the front of Nylon, I expect a more imagination from Interview when it comes to a cover shot.

 

[nataliaapple]

Loving Ms. Sunshine, Binx.

 

[VogueGirl8910]

Stunning cover with Binx I don't get it why Amber Heard is famous, because she's married with Johnny Depp? or been the face of Guess?... , anyway her cover is horrible, typical Richardson.

 

[justaguy]

Loving Binx's cover! But the nipple looks like a ripple in the paper, kinda distracting.

 

[sore]

I love Binx' cover! Good to see her exuding a softer elegance for a change.

 

[thatsfierce]

I'm not a fan of her, but she looks really good! Love it.

 

[Benn98]

Binx!! Stunning cover and colours. They've redesigned the cover layout, not sure yet how I feel about it.

Amber Heard's cover wasn't necessary, but she's a celebrity so I guess it'll sell. That Saint Laurent looks even more trashier here. This covershot, in addition to Gisele's W Korea cover, should signal Terry Richardson's retirement from the industry. His work really incorporates nothing new.

 

[MulletProof]

Ahhh.. finally someone somewhere knows how to exploit Binx's stunning face to the max (or almost there).. lovely cover. And does anyone need a second cover with (of all choices) Amber Heard? come on. You might just make a second cover that says 'second cover', pointless.

 

[TeeVanity]

Binx is such a star, her cover is lovely.

 

[Nomar]

Binx's cover is amazing!!!

 

[Phuel]

Ahhh.. finally someone somewhere knows how to exploit Binx's stunning face to the max (or almost there).. lovely cover. And does anyone need a second cover with (of all choices) Amber Heard? come on. You might just make a second cover that says 'second cover', pointless.

LOL-- It's very possible: This is Interview Germany.

Interview Germany always comes across as a knock-off, an imposter of the real Interview. It never looks authentic despite the big names in their pages.

I'd really like to meet the art director and the graphic design team for this publication. I'd like to congratulate this group of 12-year-old tweens for securing work at such a high profile publication despite having absolutely no eye for layout, no concept of composition, and clearly no idea how to use typography and color. Even interns for a supermarket flyer need to know more about basic graphic design principles than this team, it seems. Even Ingrid Sischy's Interview was never this subpar in production. Sheesh.

 

[MulletProof]

Oh I think both Interview Germany and Interview Russia, when it comes to covers exclusively, always manage to be more.. daring, probably by accident as they can't get the same overexposed faces with overhyped careers that Interview features every month, but I still enjoy the 'take it easy' approach to creativity, especially when comparing it to Interview, which fluctuates between crazy saturation and the 'oh such a natural beauty' cover.

In general though, I have to agree and I don't think this is only something Interview Germany suffers from, but most German magazines, and 032c is probably an even better example than this. You can see traces of some high bar set up for these publications, beyond fashion, and disorientation when they do have to bring it to fashion levels, it's almost routine to find a German fashion magazine featuring complex topics and attempts to branch out and discuss art, but the actual fashion content, the layout and productions, they can be so mediocre and devoid of any substance, almost as if the people working there couldn't wait to get the hell out of the fashion industry, or as if they didn't care at all. I'm torn on whether that's a good thing or not, I think having loose standards can be quite liberating and makes things more adventurous, but if you put it next to the impeccable appearance of British, Japanese, French magazines with an audience waiting to devour their pages, it comes off as odd and uninteresting. Am I rambling here? (sorry )

 

[Phuel]

^^^ 032c feels, and looks leagues more polished. A despite the utilitarian use of the common Helvetica type and letterhead layout, it still maintains an industry-standard direction in design. It may resemble a Pantone colorbook, but a Pantone colorbook still has some semblance of a professionally-desigend piece of collatoral.

Interview Germany has none of that. And for that lack of professional design direction, the photography and their subjects-- no matter how interesting or possibly engaging they may be, are dragged down to one of those "indie" fashion rags cobbled together by fashion students using Gimp.

And Mullet, I don't care if these tween interns don't care for fashion layouts, but my God-- this type of design-apathy wouldn't get you hire anywhere in the real world, because it clearly shows a complete lack of understanding of basic design elements--- or... that you simply don't give a f*ck. I think it's a combination of both.

(I think I may be a tad envious of them getting away with such laziness. Because... if I pulled that sh*t, I'd be fired.)

 

[Mrs.Smith]

.... And does anyone need a second cover with (of all choices) Amber Heard? come on. You might just make a second cover that says 'second cover', pointless.

Since they are going to sell it on the German market, it probably makes sense to have a celebrity cover as well... Unfortunately...
The whole design issue in my opinion is related to that point, too....