MTV Magazine
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- nospacebar
I'm not sure who designed it, but it's horribly unoriginal. It looks like a cross between Readymade magazine and Spin magazine.
The CD that comes along with it reminds me of getting punched in the throat. A small tip:
If you are making an accompanying cd, don't make me have to copy it to my harddrive (you can't execute the installer from the CD because it's read-only).It was in a opaque plastic sealed plastic sleeve when I bought it, and I hoped for the best. (read: ESPN the Mag).
Boo.
- TNDAP0
I concur it's drivel.
- ********0
My department developed this cd-rom before i started here. I showed them this thread and they all got a kick out of it. Please continue to post your thoughts and feelings...
- ********0
anyone else get this? Please tell me about your overall experience
- shant0
My overall experience was I saw the magazine on the rack and my eyes continued to move in a direction away from it.
Then I walked away and went somewhere else.
- nospacebar0
Well, it essentially follows none of the set standards of CD-ROMs (for PC anyways)
There's no autorun.
I don't want to install a magazine's CD. There should be no option as to why it can't run off the CD.
I also love the 2 minute advertisement that pops up when trying to view content. From a UI aspect, the close button above the movie leads me to believe that if I close out of the advertisement, I close out of whatever section I'm in. (I just noticed that this isn't the case with 'music'. It has a nav to the right of the ad.)
I'm much more disappointed by the design state of the magazine than the CD-ROM. I've always viewed a CD-ROM as a supplement. In this case, with the magazine's crappy design, I hoped that the CD-ROM would pick up the slack instead of being just a supplement.
Also, the instructions on the CD assume that the user is on a Macintosh.
- rabbit140
I think it is fine piece of craftsmanship.
- nospacebar0
>>I think it is fine piece of craftsmanship.
Even by MTV standards?
- rabbit140
Even by MTV standards?
I hear you man -- next time I will try and create a full sentence too.
- loopyd0
I hope you at least enjoyed my sneaks painting... I forget what page they're on. If it's even the same issue.
- nospacebar0
It was a question to your sentence, hence the quoting of your statement. No reason to be rude.
I look at MTV as a major source of design inspiration. They are innovators in their field. This magazine has gone against that idea by creating something that ,in my opinion, looks like everything else out there.
If it wasn't in the opaque package, and I'd had a chance to preview the magazine, I probably would have not bought it.
- Gorbie0
you do splendid work mr. dave delaney.
- ********0
Go pick up an issue of:
Anthem
http://www.anthem-magazine.com/Tokion
http://www.tokion.com/Giant Robot
http://www.giantrobot.com/
- rabbit140
My sentence was messed up not yours. Relax guy. I was agreeing with you.
- ********0
FMTV!
- nospacebar0
Oh well. Thus ends my rant.
Go forth and inspire.
- phist0
marketing scheme, don't give in
- pascii0
http://www.die-gestalten.de/disp…
be inspired
- JamesEngage0
In the UK back in about 95 ish there was an MTV mag called 'Blah Blah Blah' ... now that was good! I have the first six issues in pristine condition