TIME magazine covers: worldwide differences

TIME magazine covers: worldwide differences:

The difference between the US version of the TIME cover and that of the rest of the world recently proved to be a very popular comparison on Reddit, with some calling it censorship.


TIME covers, 24th October 2011


TIME covers, 05th December 2011


TIME covers, 02nd April 2007


TIME covers, 03rd November 2008


TIME covers, 08th August 2011


TIME covers, 20th September 2010
Selective variations might appear politically-driven, but what I think it comes down to is the publisher using market research in an attempt to increase sales. TIME is supposedly the world’s largest weekly news magazine. Why wouldn’t the company change cover depending on what it thinks will sell?
When you take the above examples in isolation it mightn’t look great, but you don’t need to venture far into the TIME archives to see differences that aren’t quite as noteworthy.


TIME covers, 31st October 2011


TIME covers, 17th December 2007


TIME covers, 14th January 2008


TIME covers, 14th November 2011


TIME covers, 11th February 2008

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The Wallery

The Wallery:
Sílvia Langa got in touch to tell me about The Wallery.

“Basically, we make unframed art. The Wallery is a place where a unique selection of international and emerging artists think outside the frame. We design art wallpaper murals and vinyls that make the frame obsolete.”

Designs are sold online with an application tool and installation instructions.


Noir (above) designed by freelance illustrator Iván Bravo.


Otoño (above) designed by Clara of María Diamantes.


Muses (above) designed by Barcelona-based freelance illustrator Conrad Roset.


Les Fleurs du Mal (above) designed by Basque illustrator and designer Amaia Arrazola.


Jungla (above) designed by Barcelona-based French illustrator Caroline Selmes.


Faces (above) designed by Guim Tió.


Bear Scout World (above) designed by Madrid-born Bandid8.


Next Door (above) designed by Home de Caramel, an animation studio based deep in the woods near Barcelona.
The paper is FSC® certified and comes from well-managed forests. You can see prices, sizing, and other designs on The Wallery website.
And if you want to become a “wallerist” to have your own illustrations applied to wallpapers or vinyls, add your portfolio details here.
Great project.

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Swimming pool wish list

Swimming pool wish list:
Robert Louis Stevenson once said, “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go.”
Not sure I agree.


Jade Mountain Resort, St Lucia, photo via mirkrasiv.ru.


Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, photo via Kirk Hille, more pics on the Mail Online.


Ubud Hanging Gardens, Bali, photo via Hot Style Design.


Rangali Island, Maldives, photo via Picasa.


The Cambrian, Swiss Alps, photo via Live Travel Mountains.


Intercontinental, Hong Kong, photo via ninemsn.


Amangiri Resort, Canyon Point, Utah, photo via Kiwi Collection.


Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Lake Como, Italy.


Villa Amanzi, Phuket, Thailand, photo via Architizer.


Blue Palace Resort, Elounda, Greece, photo via Luxury Collection Hotels.


Blue Lagoon Spa, Iceland, photo via big-ashb.
Anyway.
Get back to work (except Tom, you carry on).

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Talking To Your Kids About Past Drug Use May Be A Bad Idea

Talking To Your Kids About Past Drug Use May Be A Bad Idea:
New research shows that children respond better to anti-drug messages when parents don’t disclose their past drug use.
Researchers Jennifer A. Kam, Ph.D., from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Ashley V. Middleton, MSO Health Information Management, surveyed 253 Latino and 308 European-American students in the sixth through eighth grades. The students reported on the conversations they’ve had with their parents about alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana.
Kam and Middleton noted they were interested in determining how certain types of messages were related to the students’ substance-use perceptions, and in turn, their behaviors.
While past research found that teens said they would be less likely to use drugs if their parents told them about their own past drug use, the new study found that children whose parents talked about the negative consequences, or regret, over their own past substance use were less likely to report anti-substance-use perceptions.
This finding means that when parents share their past stories of substance use, even when there is a learning lesson, such messages may have unintended consequences for early adolescent children, according to the researchers.
Kam and Middleton’s study also identifies specific messages that parents can relay to their children about alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana that may encourage anti-substance-use perceptions, and in turn, discourage actual use.
For example, parents may talk to their kids about the negative consequences of using substances, how to avoid substances, that they disapprove of substance use, the family rules against substance use, and stories about others who have gotten in trouble from using substances.
“Parents may want to reconsider whether they should talk to their kids about times when they used substances in the past and not volunteer such information,” Kam said.
She noted, however, that it is “important to remember this study is one of the first to examine the associations between parents’ references to their own past substance use and their adolescent children’s subsequent perceptions and behaviors.”
The findings were published in the journal Human Communication Research.
Source: International Communication Association

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