MFAD first year students in the Paul Rand Lecture class were asked to select the quirkiest magazines out today. Here is that select list.
2600 The Hacker Quarterly – The world’s foremost journal on computer hacking and technological manipulation and control. Published by hackers since 1984, 2600 is a true window into the minds of some of today’s most creative and intelligent people.

Apartamento – is the interiors magazine post-materialists have been waiting for. In the tradition of magazines like Butt, Purple and Here and There, it lays out on matte paper relaxingly informal snaps of real people’s living spaces, pretty much as you’d find them if you just dropped casually by.

As Is – self-proclaimed “hottest magazine in the streets”. I look a street artist, information and style.

Blend – Blend magazine’s points of reference are fashion, music, art, culture, media and people. Offering creative talent a platform, while inspiring young professionals who work in the creative industry is one of our goals. BLEND publishes BLEND Magazine 4x per year, distributed worldwide with a circulation of 76.500 copies.

Brownbook – An urban lifestyle guide focusing on design, culture and travel across the Middle East and North Africa. We publish six times a year.

Cavior Izquierda No. 2 – Each edition is an exquisite album of creative ideas that explore a subject from different disciplines: Fashion, Art, Music, Film, Critique, Essays, among others. With a strong sociological character, Caviar Izquierda is a cult document that registers the extraordinary in daily life, turning the personal into political, in a constant search for the genuine article.

Corduroy – “Corduroy magazine is based on the idea that a corduroy jacket never goes out of style. In the same way, we profile actors, musicians, designers and fine artists who aren’t looking to follow mainstream trends, but rather focused on creating something classic.”

Found – Found Magazine collects and catalogs found notes, photos, and other interesting items, publishing them in an irregularly-issued magazine, in books, and on its website. Items found and published have ranged from love letters to homework assignments, and they are contributed by people who find them in a variety of public places.

Fricote – The new magazine evolves around the world of food and shines new light onto the subject. With an interesting mix of mostly food related lifestyle journalism, Fricote opens a new market, that has been hardly tapped to date.