DG magazine finds a new home on the internet

Most magazines are hard-pressed to make it past 24 weeks, but DG magazine lasted for 24 years. Now, the magazine will become a comprehensive network for the design community that includes both magazine content along with "things that only an internet-based network can provide."

Increasing costs were behind the decision to abandon printing. "DG magazine cannot continue in its current form because the combined sources of income have become unbalanced against the sum of the costs of publication," said publisher Colin Wood.

Moving from paper to the realms of cyberspace will of course influence some of DG's aesthetics and content, Wood says. "Television wasn't just radio with pictures. This won't be a 'repurposed' digital magazine with fake page turns that's hard to navigate. The opportunities are endless."

There are some readers who are disappointed about losing the printed version of the magazine; Wood understand this and admits that he is too. He also concedes that it's not all doom and gloom and in some respects, a change is as good as a holiday. "Most readers are looking forward to the new format," he said.

"There seems to be an air of inevitability about the change," he said. 'Many people are genuinely very excited, given that some have really liked what we have done over the years and are keen to see what we can do now.

"I expect a far greater audience given that there will be free access to a lot of material," he said. "We can have archives live forever, and we have expanded the subject area to include all aspects of design."

Check out the new web-based DG
http://www.designgraphics.com.au


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