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Picture Perfect: The Oscars On Zinio

This week, the 2012 Academy Award nominations were announced. Since a plethora of Zinio publications revolve around coverage of arts, entertainment and film, it figured to be an interesting project to curate as many articles relating to nominees as we could possibly find.

There turned out to be literally, hundreds of articles across the entirety of our global newsstand. They are now home to our little editorial baby — Picture Perfect, Academy Awards on Zinio.

What started out as a fun piece of wall art has morphed from a collage of article spreads into a beautiful landing page that is now home to the most interesting curated, editorial article content that we could find in the Zinio library.

Zinio UX wall is a collage and time capsule of 2011's best films.

The task began in earnest a few weeks ago, where the editorial team mirrored the nominations of the Golden Globes as a point to establish how much article content we could find. The challenge arose early Tuesday morning when some of the nominations were utter surprises, and we were left scrambling to compile new articles to add to our ‘Academy Collection.’

Notably, there has been lively discussion revolving around Albert Brooks, who was left off the list for Best Supporting Actor. Brooks, took to twitter and has been spouting off rants about the snub. Brooks, by the way, has quite a hilarious twitter feed.

On the flip side, Jonah Hill and Gary Oldman both received first-time nominations for “Moneyball” and “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” respectively. Groundlings alumni Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy also received nominations for their work in “Bridesmaids.”

So, feel free to explore our dynamic landing page or articles that relate to the upcoming 84th Annual Academy Awards. Read select articles from each category and inspire debate using our Facebook comment section. This is an evolution to showcase the wide array of content available to readers here at Zinio, and we have some exciting transformations similar to this project that we will be launching throughout the year.

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Posted by: Taylor on January 27, 2012
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THAT OL’ NEW WAY

It seems that Marcel Proust’s quote “The only paradise is paradise lost” is as relevant as ever. The quasi-virtual world we live in has raised a nostalgia that translates in an ever-growing amount of youngsters who look to the past for inspiration and subterfuge. According to Spanish magazine S Moda, these ¨New Traditionals¨ are men and women who, not only are perfectly groomed in clothes from the 20′s to the 50′s, but also look up to the manners and lifestyle of those times. Women wear pincurls, bullet bras, sew and bake Victorian cakes. Men smoke pipes, play cricket dressed in tweed, and style sleek mustaches. Chivalry and high etiquette are their manifesto, as read on The Chap, a British journal ¨for the modern gentleman.¨  And the scope is wide, from finishing schools, with classes on etiquette, table decoration or home management, to blogs about vintage fashion or guides for wives interested in the art of homemaking. 

Cult series like Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire and Downtown Abbey or Academy Award nominees My Week with Marylin, Midnight in Paris and The Help show a growing demand  in society for the ‘good old days’. Lana del Rey makes a viral breakthrough and clubs at hidden locations emulate the speak-easy ambiance serving cucumber gimlets to Ragtime tunes…who would have thought that our grandparents were to be the next big thing?

Zinio’s global newsstand appears to be in tune with the collective unconscious, here are some examples.

 

 

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Posted by: Noela on January 26, 2012
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Yosemite’s Long Summer

Chief Tenaya, of the Yosemite Valley people, wouldn’t have believed it: January 10th and the Tioga Road is still open to traffic. It seems that Winter is reluctant to visit the national park this year, and this is the latest it has been open since 1933, when park officials started keeping records, as Tom Stienstra reported for the San Francisco Gate. But this is not the first time this year that  global warming signs in Yosemite are news. When we visited the park last June the snow was still present. Click on the image below to read the post about it.

As bad news as the lack of snow is from an environmental viewpoint, there is a bright side to the story, which is being able to still enjoy the nation’s most coveted park. We suggest you do it sooner than later as -hopefully- the snow will finally kick in to make us all feel that the Mayans were wrong. For some more brilliant photography from America’s pride and joy, click on the photographic spreads below.

Outdoor Photographer (February 2001)

Powder (October 2011)

Backpacker (November 2011) If you’re yet not convinced of heading there soon, here’s a little treat that will sway you in favor, courtesy of CNN iReport. The video shows some ice skaters on Tenaya Lake (named, by the way, after the Native American Chief Tenaya). Every winter, the lake becomes a huge natural ice rink that delights people of all ages.

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Posted by: Noela on January 10, 2012
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A Portlandia Layover

Food is making quite a stir on cable television this week.

Between last night’s premiere of long-awaited season two of Portlandia, and tonight’s episode of The Layover, television screens are seeing healthy doses of Voodoo Donuts, the City of Roses and Anthony Bourdain’s love of meat and beer.

In the realm of Zinio’s newsstand, subject matter related to both popular series have appeared across our publications.

The scene below shows Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein as they take the culture and fashion of Portland to the world for “Portlandia Abroad” (Portland Monthly, January 2012).

Last night Bryce Shivers and Lisa Eversman showed they could pickle anything, while Andy Samberg guest appears as a mixologist using an unbelievable array of ingredients — clips that showcase popular trends in the culinary world of adult beverages and the growing trends in local food.

Tonight, we will be greatly anticipating Anthony Bourdain’s ‘Layover’ in San Francisco, home to Zinio Headquarters.

Taking a more direct spin from his popular No Reservations, The Layover is an already-successful series that visits one city for less than 48 hours, divulging culinary and travel tips that can easily be accomplished in a short stop in town, or a diverted flight.

Bourdain has already visited Singapore, New York and Rome and tonight, he stops in one his favorite towns known for its hard-drinking, meat-eating tendencies.

Of the typical dive bars and meat emporiums he is sure to visit, one place stands out: The Swan Oyster Depot. Located on a busy stretch of Polk, sandwiched at the bottom of wealthy Nob Hill and the rough and tumble Tenderloin, Swan Oyster is a venerable business that has been peddling the freshest seafood in the city for over 100 years. Typically, a line stretches out the tiny storefront, and down the block. While we know Bourdain will visit a plethora of San Francisco food spots, we will have further coverage if we find the perfect blend of publications and articles that help further satiate your desire for all things Bourdain and travel.

Most recently, Esquire UK interviewed local resident and noted virologist, Dr. Nathan Wolfe here – his favorite restaurant in the neighborhood.

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Posted by: Taylor on January 9, 2012
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Around the World in Eighty Meals

More than ever, traveling is intrinsically linked to the food experience. We’ve all become gourmands who know where to go for the white truffles and what ingredients would go into a Moroccan style tagine. In a time when Chefs have become rock stars and Anthony Bourdain the new icon, it is not only about what we eat, but where we eat it. And when it comes to what and where, nothing better than a bit of the best travel journalism from Zinio’s Global Newsstand.

The articles that we’ve put together in Culinary Excursions boast beauty, culture and flavor, from unexpected treasures to exotic and delicious treats. For some more examples, simply click on the images.

Travel+Leisure Southeast Asia (April 2011)

Food Magazine Philippines (October 2011)

For the impatient reader who cannot wait for the holidays to experience foreign flavors, we have gathered Good enough to Eat, full of mouthwatering recipes with the best photography. Moreover, some of the the magazines hail from places like South Africa, Mexico, Spain or France, so you can try the international recipes with first hand tips from the locals (dictionary required). For more articles on this category, click on the images below.

Martha Stewart Living (October, 2011)

Sauce Magazine (November 2011)

Wanderings pulls out the most sought for destinations from the best travel magazines with a practical twist. Thus, you can rediscover New York through its best cocktail bars and restaurants, know about the great street food of Penang, or find out which are the trendiest spots of Samui.

After this sumptuous feast, we could all use some food for thought; Postcard Perfect does the job. It is a whimsical collection with spectacular photography spreads from around the world. And so we could all finally use Blade Runner’s famous quote: I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe.

Geo Italia (December 2011)

Arizona Highways (July 2011)

Climbing (Photo Annual 2011)

 

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Posted by: Noela on January 6, 2012
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