sustainable architecture:magazine

Emigre is a graphic design magazine published by Emigre Graphics in 1984-2005; It was published in California by Dutch-born Rudy Vanderlans who was the art director using fonts designed by his wife Zuzana Licko. Emigre was one of the few publications to use Macintosh computers and had a large influence on graphic designers. It had a variety of layouts, used guest designers and opinionated articles that had a effect on other design publications.

The magazine had a focus to people that migrated out from other countries, but often carries a connotation of politico-social self-exile. The first eight issues were concerned with boundaries, international culture, travel accounts and alienation. Also the first eight issues incorporated a dynamic aesthetic that caught the attention of designers and led to the next stage of the magazines revolution.

In the very first issue, the magazine explored design as a subject devoting issues in typography and graphic designers. Therefore Emigre became a blackboard of essays and writings on design. The magazine changed its format in 1995 and from its over-sized layout it went down to a more friendlier text book format. The magazine kept its character until 2001.

Emigre then took a 180 degrees turn with four re-formated issues in 2001 and 2002 that included one DVD and three CD’S featuring music.

The last six issues of Emigre where co-published by Princeton Architectural Press as small soft-cover books. The last issue titled The End was published in 2005. Overall the magazine had a complete series of 69 issues.