Mag Men: Fifty Years of Making Magazines

摘要

Between the publication of Mag Men in December 2019 and the writing of this review in November 2020, two significant events have happened. First, co-author of this book and prolific, renowned magazine designer Milton Glaser died. Second, the people have rejected Donald Trump's run for a second term as President of the USA. Both of these historic happenings re-frame how this book is read. On the one hand, Mag Men is now weighted with the knowledge that it is among Glaser's last works. This tinges the book with solemnity. On the other hand, this book now reads as though it celebrates-more than urges the importance of-democracy. In this respect, Glaser and co-author Walter Bernard's engagements with political themes and power struggles seem prescient. All of this is to say that Mag Men: Fifty Years of Making Magazines is not a time capsule; it is relevant today.