Design & Production

Marketplace ad sales-through-production cycle, URGENT SURVEY!

Started by James Baran. Last reply by Richard Taranto Jan 5. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Quick survey!  This is urgent, too.How many magazine teams have their sales person who is in charge of the Marketplace (classifieds) do the actual layout of all ads and page makeup?  If so, what…Continue

Optimize the Printed Magazine's Profitability Through Closed Loop Budgeting

Started by Bert N. Langford Dec 10, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Curious as to those of you who are responsible for holding print- and related direct production costs under tight budgetary control. As early as 1981 I have been a micro user (actually before they…Continue

Recommended vendors for "As Seen In " Counter cards??

Started by Richard Taranto. Last reply by Richard Taranto Nov 30, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Can any one recommend a good supplier for "As Seen In" counter cards? Many thanksContinue

Feed Back Please

Started by Jay Wisener Sep 27, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Hello Folio, My name is Jason Wisener and I work for a company named Coleman Data Solutions.  I just wanted to tell everyone about my company and hopefully get some feed back into if my company could…Continue

Do you use a divisible baseline grid?

Started by Richard Taranto. Last reply by Dean Cook May 3, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes

I believe having a baseline every 3 pts gives you great flexibility with leading allowing you to create typography that is more dynamic. Any thoughts? Pros and cons?Continue

Aveda Environmental Award Application For Magazine Leaders

Started by Frank Locantore Aug 26, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes

The Aveda Environmental Awards recognizes magazine titles and publishers who have made significant contributions to protecting the environment, climate, and communities through the paper, production,…Continue

Tags: aveda, awards, environment

What Can B-to-B Mags Learn from Consumer Magazines?

Started by Matt Kinsman Jun 15, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Recently there's been a lot of talk about b-to-b magazines borrowing from consumer magazine design. Reed's relaunched JCK hired Robert Newman, former designer for Details, Real Simple and Fortune,…Continue

Have you seen or produced an interesting b-to-b cover lately?

Started by Chandra Johnson-Greene May 6, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Has the art department of your company recently produced an interesting and/or unique cover? If so, it could be featured in the next issue of FOLIO: magazine!In our "Face Up" department each month,…Continue

Defining a Successful Redesign

Started by Kelly McMurray. Last reply by Thomas A Geiser Mar 10, 2010. 6 Replies 0 Likes

I am working on a lecture for the folio conference and looking for input. how do you define a successful magazine redesign?

Tags: redesign, design

Digital Media Storage options

Started by Wes Bennett. Last reply by Richard Michem Mar 3, 2010. 1 Reply 0 Likes

After (another) discussion with our IS&S manager on the amount of space our magazines utilize on the company server, we seem to have come full circle with regard to how we should be archiving our…Continue

Tags: overload, workflow, production, photography, server

How has your art role changed?

Started by Dan Trombetto. Last reply by Karl Nazarro Jan 8, 2010. 4 Replies 0 Likes

I'd like to hear how some of your roles have changed over the past few years, and how you see them changing in the next 3-5 years.Are any of you still doing print-only magazine work? Are there…Continue

MediaFreak: Why are the smallest magazines the ones using the best recycled paper?

Started by Frank Locantore. Last reply by George W Slowik Jr. Oct 7, 2009. 3 Replies 0 Likes

September 11, 2009 - MediaFreakOnce again, Barnes & Noble is giving special promotional space to magazines that use recycled paper. And once again, the month-long promotion is as much a shout-out…Continue

Aveda Environmental Award Application Announcement

Started by Frank Locantore Oct 1, 2009. 0 Replies 0 Likes

WHAT is the award? Created in 2004, the Aveda Environmental Award celebrates environmental leadership and achievement in the magazine industry.WHO is eligible? Any consumer or B-to-B magazine that…Continue

Multi-channel publishing: Final layouts to PRINT, WEB PDF, and HTML for web site

Started by James Baran Sep 17, 2009. 0 Replies 0 Likes

I am looking for a software product that can work with InDesign, a CMS, and output to multiple channels: HTML, Web PDF, and Print PDFs. Word on the street indicates that some programs will…Continue

Looking Good, Paying Less

Started by Matt Kinsman. Last reply by Adam Trull Sep 15, 2009. 2 Replies 0 Likes

What steps have you guys taken to reduce your paper costs while still “looking good?” At Folio, we switched from 60# Somerset to 60# Liberty gloss because it saved us $2,500 annually across three…Continue

Offshore Magazine Outsourcing

Started by Jim Hill. Last reply by Narendra Joshi Aug 5, 2009. 17 Replies 0 Likes

I am curious to know about any experience that anyone has had with magazine publishing outsourcing. Publishing outsourcing has been a big business offshore for some time with journals and books and…Continue

Carbon Neutral Paper Webinar

Started by Frank Locantore Apr 30, 2009. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Carbon Neutral Paper: Creative Accounting Goes GreenHow to accurately determine greenhouse gas emission from your magazineClimate and forest expert Jim Ford, Director of Climate for Ideas, will help…Continue

What Makes Better Paper Better?

Started by Frank Locantore Mar 30, 2009. 0 Replies 0 Likes

April 2, 2009: This month's Better Paper Project Webinar builds on January's event, "Building Blocks for Wise Environmental Publishing,” with a discussion explaining the key components of the…Continue

Tags: environmental, certification, recycled

InDesign/InCopy CS3

Started by Teree Caruthers. Last reply by Jan Hall Jan 22, 2009. 7 Replies 0 Likes

Is anyone using the CS3 InDesign/InCopy workflow?

Online Portfolio

Started by Sean. Last reply by Kevin Convertito Jan 16, 2009. 8 Replies 0 Likes

Can anyone recommend a good site to post a design portfolio...I know I should have my own website, but I don't yet. I'm about to be on the job search and need a place to post my designs. Any…Continue