Never ones to forgo a celebration in our city – or a chance to honour a true London icon – Fabric have fashioned an ode to HRH in the form of our dazzling Diamond Issue. As captivating as the crystals that fill it, the metallic cover sets the tone for Continue Reading
‘Nuts to you, Señor Britain…I give your tiny nuts a kicking! Our big nuts give us honour. Your weeny ones bring you shame. I cry over your little nuts!’ This crunchy nugget of concern comes from the Deli Llama – the four-legged foodie charged (by outraged amigo Ali Paca) with Continue Reading
There are now more mobile phones in the UK than people, and amazingly over a quarter of internet usage is from mobile phones, so it felt like the right time to take north London’s leading property online. The new platform for www.fabricproperty.com is now accessible on iPhone, Blackberry, Android and Continue Reading
Designers traditionally hate text. It’s the grey stuff that gets in the way of the pictures, and there’s always too much of it. (Or, according to a satirical member of the design team at Bloomberg Businessweek, “Words: page clutter to be eliminated.”) But as an art director, I find myself Continue Reading
According to a recent study, 95 per cent of Brits will have made some sort of resolution this January, so in keeping with the trend, here at Fabric we decided to mark the new year with a brand new look for the magazine. Our readers are a canny lot, very Continue Reading
I have friend who’s about to retire. Let’s call her Madeleine. Madeleine worked part-time while she brought up three boys on her own. When the youngest headed off to uni, she took a full-time job and studied part-time for an MA. It turned into a PhD, and she embarked on Continue Reading
Whether you work in the advertising, marketing, and/or content creating industry as a client or in an agency, you’ve got to love Claire Beale’s recent article in Campaign: “It’s time for a second creative revolution” (28th July 2011). I felt like standing up and cheering. [Google: ‘Claire Beale It’s time Continue Reading
Thandie Newton may have spent her formative years in Zimbabwe and Cornwall, but she is now very much a Londoner, and a north Londoner at that. It is, she tells Fabric magazine, partly this love of the Capital which has seen her actively pursuing a theatre role here. The play Continue Reading
Standard Life’s new look MoneyPlus brings a fresh visual language to personal finance. Graphic, eye-catching and thoroughly contemporary, the magazine marries bold design with thought-provoking, helpful content. Who knew that pensions and investments could look this fashion-forward? The regular ‘Zeitgeist’ slot looks at emerging trends and how they’re going to Continue Reading
The Forward Poetry Prizes celebrated their 20th anniversary last night in the sumptuous surroundings of Somerset House. Forwardians mingled with the great and the good of the poetry publishing world. (As is often the case – the chattiest people were out on the balcony having a sneaky fag before the Continue Reading
It’s said that the average reader takes 3.9 seconds to decide whether or not to open a magazine. Despite the days, weeks or even months it may have taken to plan, write and design, a magazine’s success or failure is decided in an instant. It is tempting for clients to Continue Reading
It’s so interesting that right now, in a difficult economic climate, some brands are behaving in a very generous way. They are prepared to do things that are not just commercially motivated, but that show empathy and understanding of consumers. These brands are creating relationships by acknowledging the emotional and Continue Reading
In this grave new world we Westerners live in, it’s refreshing to come to Shanghai – a city that is vibrant, exciting and clearly growing faster than I can type. It’s incredibly international – from the fashion (big Clark Kent glasses, turned up chinos) and the cafes and shops (Costa Continue Reading
Over the past few years, there has been a quiet revolution in photography: a merging of still and moving image. Magazines have morphed into multi-channel communications; content now has to work across several platforms. Print is still powerful, but video is fast catching up. Technology has played a part, producing Continue Reading
I think I’ve finally recovered from Forward’s 25-year anniversary party last Thursday but I still can’t remember how I got home. Incredible venue – the House of St Barnabas – which is a genuine hidden gem in the heart of Soho. There’s something wonderful about sipping Prosecco in a Soho Continue Reading
Last Thursday we celebrated our 25th Anniversary with a party at the House of St Barnabas. Stand-up poet and writer, Kate Fox, wrote us a special poem, which she performed on the night. Forward’s Four Word ForewordOn Birthdays, you look backwards, at what you’ve achieved, but Forward fans, you will Continue Reading
Patek Philippe watches do not grow on trees. They are painstakingly put together by skilled craftsmen over many, many months, and even years. So when a new one is finally ready for market, the company has a dilemma. They don’t actually want to shout about it too loudly (they do Continue Reading
I am in a bit of a giddy blonde whirl over the recent launch of our new publication, Porto Montenegro magazine, created for the most aspirational superyacht destination and marina development on the planet. For those of you who haven’t heard of this unspoilt bijou of the Adriatic, it is Continue Reading
Forward is proud to have created a new mouth-watering microsite for ChokaBlok to promote the launch of the new ice cream brand and support ongoing brand activity. The site aims to turn browsers into tasters by putting the product flavours at the heart of the creative. ChokaBlok is a range Continue Reading
Econsultancy gave 25 reasons why you should be blogging recently. So here, as my inaugural post on our new blog, are exactly the same 25 reasons – but used to argue that your business shouldn’t be blogging (with apologies to Kevin Gibbons). 1 Blogging is good for your organic SEO Continue Reading