With a touch of Sadness I read that ID magazine is closing. , I don't buy it anymore, i used to years ago when there seemed to be a strong focus on industrial design, but have since lost touch with the publication. That happens, but is a shame that after 55 years an actual design publication is closing. Why is it a shame? Well is seems to show a possible shift in the design profession.
The Magazine is owned and run by F+W Media who also owns How magazine, a magazine I described as being a publication so less about design it should be renamed "US Artworker".
You wonder if "US Artworker (the magazine formerly known as HOW)" is in dire financial straits as well, but the way they peddle their 'webinars' every five seconds with an email bombardment second only to the US army's demolition job on Dresden, you would hope that it either signifies major revenue streams or a possible major scrambling for revenue. Who knows?
Anyway, on the surface, its worrying because whilst an actual design journal with pedigree closes, a new title about artworking continues unabated.
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