Post Object

Seen in the long view, the earthquake has simply become one more source of poverty in the world, another enforcer of austerity measures. In this sense it’s no different to the governments of Britain and Portugal, or 2008’s Lehman Shock. Together, these things signal the end of the frothy design-consumerist-materialistic-aspirational-escapist attitude that magazines used to promote. Asked to write for magazines, I’ve chosen to dwell precisely on the ending of that particular mindset. I’m interested in what magazines might become once that’s gone, because I do still believe in them.

—Mrs Tsk *