tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50860060456688811912024-03-13T21:23:32.602-07:00Method Pressan art-filled idea magazine celebrating lo-fi thinkers.Method Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00486356500431245128noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086006045668881191.post-90439507448356806172011-11-12T11:48:00.001-08:002011-11-12T11:48:32.425-08:00our kickstarter launch!<iframe frameborder="0" height="380px" src="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1212188498/launch-method-press-issue-04/widget/card.html" width="220px"></iframe>Method Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00486356500431245128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086006045668881191.post-86706109610249929952011-08-26T11:00:00.000-07:002011-08-26T11:00:51.512-07:0002 Released OnlineMethod Press presents Issue 02: A Funny Story! This gorgeous 80-page read is jam-packed with art, intellect, and humor. The newest issue of MP features exclusive interviews with artists Sophie Blackall and Frankie Norstad, a comic or two, Marty's hand-written guide to writing a funny story, and plenty of photographs from the Female Photographers of Etsy. Issue 02 is the perfect companion to stretch out the last of the lazy summer days. Curl up with your hammock or mojito (or, heck, why not both?) and get inspired, low-fi style.<br />
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I am a fan of the funnies. Or the funny papers. Or the comics. Mostly the first two endearing titles. I have some in my purse tucked away in preparation for combat against a very dull moment. I believe they are the best part of the newspaper. Not only are they in color-but they come with jokes. What could be better?<br />
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My favorite comic is probably garfield minus garfield. I adore it. I laugh out loud all over it.<br />
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Growing up, my family was big on funny. It was get funny or get out. Laughing at yourself seemed key. Still does.<br />
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I guess that's my favorite part about the funny story. The power it gives. Not everyone finds the same things laughable, but when you decide to laugh at an event-you are in essence choosing what is funny and what is not. What can be trivial and what can not be. It could be the most powerful thing you do all day.<br />
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Coming home from what I felt was a hard day's work as a 16 year old bus girl in Alaska, I would complain to my mom as soon as I entered the door, but I realized as the words were coming out-that they didn't sound as depressing and dark as my day felt, they sounded ironic, uncanny, and undeniably...funny.<br />
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What was going on? I had planned on a pity party and what I was getting was an audience. When I heard the words I was saying and considered them from another person's perspective, I realized how ridiculous everything became. It was the difference between winning & loosing. It didn't make it better, but it made it workable. Almost worth it. I fluctuate between believing that really good material makes really bad life experiences worth it, and that they don't. Right now I'm with the latter. <br />
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The power is not usually even the person telling the story but the person receiving the story. Through them our lives can become a little less serious.<br />
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I remember calling up my best friend at an unfortunate point in my then 19 -years- of- life. While most of my friends had told me how sorry they were to hear about my situation, she just-flat out, <i>laughed</i>. Loud and brash and long. Before long I was laughing too. She apologized. I said "no, that's awesome-that's the best I've felt all day. At least this is serving some purpose" and she asked "you do realize how pathetic this all sounds don't you?" and the thing was, I hadn't. I hadn't realized it at all till she said that. That's why she's my best friend.<br />
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We're all hankering down to meet deadlines for our second issue. We're thinking and emailing and staying up late and revise, rinse, repeat. Hunting & gathering funny stories from across the world. Get excited. Get very excited because this issue is going to rock your socks off.<br />
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What's up. It's me again. I'm 6 months old now. I'm in that rebellious phase where I go and run and jump on the bed when mom tells me to go play in the yard. I'm milking my puppy status for all its worth.<br />
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Anyways, the theme for Method Press's second issue is out and it's <b>a funny story.</b><br />
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We'll clue you all in later as to how we choose these themes each issue. It's pretty neat. <br />
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But now's the time--send in submissions [written] to methodpress@gmail.com and photo submissions to our <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/methodpress/">flickr pool</a>. We can't wait to look through what you create!<br />
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Keep in mind that written submissions can be themed or unthemed, and they don't have to necessarily be artistic either. If there is a funny story that shaped you from your day job, or some minute detail of your every day life-we'd love to hear it. We love to see things creatively represented, so surprise us!<br />
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You can look through the first issue of method press <a href="http://www.issuu.com/methodpress/docs/methodpress01">here</a>, read our mission statement for inspiration <a href="http://meetmethodpress.blogspot.com/p/mission-statement-guidelines.html">here</a> & see more pictures of me <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asenseofplacephotography/sets/72157626460122286/">here.</a> Method Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00486356500431245128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086006045668881191.post-82218365751250411742011-05-27T13:34:00.000-07:002011-05-30T09:53:23.233-07:00And the beat goes on<div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0Dh193gXHlY/TePJH73N62I/AAAAAAAAAf8/JIKJ0FJDYXs/s1600/DSC_0110%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 616px; height: 389px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612550698799328098" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0Dh193gXHlY/TePJH73N62I/AAAAAAAAAf8/JIKJ0FJDYXs/s400/DSC_0110%2Bcopy.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>The beat goes on, the beat goes on<br />Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain<br />La de da de de, la de da de da<br />The grocery store's the super mart, uh huh<br />Little girls still break their hearts, uh huh<br />And men still keep on marching off to war<br />Electrically they keep a baseball score</i><br /><br /><br /><br />The first issue of MP has been completed and out for a while now. So what has the design ninja been up to? Life. I am in the midst of trying to potty train my stubborn little dude who is two. My little chicky is growing up so fast...she can now ride her bike without training wheels! She will also be attending kindergarten this fall! Crazy. <br /><br />I have been in desperate need of updating my office. Which I can actually say is now complete! Wahoo to organization and little cardboard boxes from IKEA. I will be photographing a local half marathon in about 3 weeks. I have been working on a couple of books, which I must say I am now addicted to Blurb. Most of all, I am eagerly awaiting the chance to work on the next issue of MP and see it soar to "high heights" (gotta love Dr. Seuss)!<br /><br />So tell me, what have you been up to lately?<br /><br />Ash</div>ash coynerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447989644600484610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086006045668881191.post-50373860132259072472011-05-05T22:03:00.000-07:002011-05-05T22:06:03.983-07:00Ready for purchase!I am happy to say that the final edits were done this evening and the magazine is now ready for purchase directly from MagCloud. 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Mandy here, and I've been unbelievably busy these days. I was recently welcomed as a member of The Artisan Group, a wonderful team that assembles gift bags for major celebrity events. Basically, what that means is that my work will be included in the celebrity gift bags at the Primetime Emmy Awards in September! Gahhh! So, yeah. Pretty busy, but in a good way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But on to the real reason I'm blogging today... I have the lovely privilege of formally introducing you to the printed copy of Method Press Issue 1! And I would just like to say, in my unbiased opinion, it truly is a feast for the eyes. The pages are crisp, and the colors are rich and beautiful. I'm so, so proud of everyone who helped make this a reality! Here's a peek at the finished product.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IHzFmM9Q8z0/TcMs7zQmOjI/AAAAAAAAAeo/PyQdXlx0gTQ/s1600/method1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IHzFmM9Q8z0/TcMs7zQmOjI/AAAAAAAAAeo/PyQdXlx0gTQ/s640/method1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pRIldY7qj9I/TcMtNQZAp2I/AAAAAAAAAew/QDiJ2ve_-Ko/s1600/method3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pRIldY7qj9I/TcMtNQZAp2I/AAAAAAAAAew/QDiJ2ve_-Ko/s640/method3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">If you're feeling like you've got to get your hands on a copy of this delightful magazine, please send $15 to methodpress@gmail.com, via Paypal. I think you're gonna love it. ♥</div><div style="text-align: center;">xoxo,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mandy</div><div><br />
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</div><div>xoxo,</div><div>Mandy B.</div>Mandy Bryanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13873391766245985169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086006045668881191.post-19474881233909853242011-04-12T19:37:00.000-07:002011-04-12T21:45:21.850-07:00waiting for a chance to shine<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2mbDH_N9Wm0/TaUM3-Pc9rI/AAAAAAAAAfk/QV-Er1SN_yg/s1600/the%2Bmeeting.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 352px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594892267817858738" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2mbDH_N9Wm0/TaUM3-Pc9rI/AAAAAAAAAfk/QV-Er1SN_yg/s400/the%2Bmeeting.jpg" /></a> <br /><div>A chance encounter with some lovely ladies from the <a href="http://www.femalephotographysofetsy.blogspot.com/">fPOE</a> team and voila, I am in the midst of designing an awesome magazine! I am really impressed that we have managed to come together despite being in several time zones. </div><br /><div>Bonjour! I am Ashleigh and although I hold a degree in Resource Biology, I am somewhat considered a design ninja. I like to slay MS Publisher whenever I get the chance whether it is making cards or newsletters or even a magazine. I am especially enjoying working on this magazine and the process of putting it all together. I have wanted to make a magazine but had no clue on where to start. I so happened upon Katie's thread calling for anyone interested in making a magazine. I immediately thought "hell yeah!" </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>And so here we are, about to launch our first issue! I like the uncluttered and "clean" look that is emerging. Lots of great artists and beautiful photographs to view and read about. I am also impressed and honored to be working with some very talented ladies. Like my photograph, we are waiting for our chance to shine! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Bien a toi,</div><br /><div>Ashleigh</div>ash coynerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447989644600484610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086006045668881191.post-75032236776653045832011-04-10T16:41:00.000-07:002011-04-11T14:08:29.844-07:00clinks a glass from the deepest place on earth<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><u><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asenseofplacephotography/5546803352/" title="our first real tea set by A Sense of Place Photography, on Flickr"><img alt="our first real tea set" height="427" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5054/5546803352_d1577a9264_z.jpg" width="640" /></a></u></span></div><br />
In a mere two days, our premier issue of Method Press will be sent to the press. I'm going to act calm, and pretend that typing that first sentence does not give me a micro panic attack. I don't know when the idea of making a magazine popped into my head, or what encouraged me to pursue it beyond raw experimentation, but I did.<br />
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I could not have done it without the help of some very fine and foxy women. Namely, all the gals you can research under the "our team" tab up above. Let me tell you a little something about how we put all of this together. We started on a flickr group in December and decided to make our magazine with many of us having zero idea of what we were getting ourselves into, we organized ourselves into teams and proceeded to buff this publication from our prospective computers, locations, and time zones.<br />
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Collectively, we do not even have the ability be able to view the document on the same software! And somehow, with Ashleigh's hard work, Dee's saving grace in being my right hand gal, Mandy's cool calm & collected presence, and Sara's crossing of T's and dotting of I's, we will soon have in our hands a finished product to call our own. Not to mention the wonderful contributions of our Girl Friday, Jen Stanley, our emergency article writer-Galia Alena, and our terrific superhero contributors who made this magazine what it is-Anika Toro (just wait till you read her article), Teresa Chipperfield, Trina Baker, and Julia Williams (not only flawlessly designing both the logo and the back cover, but being constantly available for improvements and helping out with design).<br />
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Many of these women told me that they would be able to give about 2 hours a week to making Method Press. I laugh as I type this because we all know we have been putting in about 2 hours...a day! I'm so grateful and astounded for these wonderful workers who let me pretend that I have the slightest clue about what I am doing, honoring my aesthetic & mission and teaching me a lot about teamwork.<br />
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No matter how this magazine changes and grows in the future, I will never forget the original team that gave me the support to make it happen in the first place. Brava, Girls.<br />
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<i>As I am president of this publication, I still feel a bit as I am watching it from afar, from my house in a cul-di-sac in the middle of the Philippine sea next to Mariana's trench, the deepest place on earth. Hello from afar. </i>Method Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00486356500431245128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086006045668881191.post-10312634055741169962011-04-09T13:46:00.000-07:002011-04-09T13:52:21.123-07:00grammar guru greetings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Hello! I'm Sara. Despite the fact that all the important folks have the word "editor" in their titles, I'm the one who actually <i>edits</i> Method Press. A love for grammar runs through my veins. I distinctly remember learning what a noun is in first grade, and I've been hooked on language ever since. In ninth grade English, I was the weird girl who thoroughly enjoyed diagramming sentences. I spot apostrophe errors and misspellings all around me, and it drives me nuts. I often photograph them and have an on-going collection <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2001001&id=149500025&l=31a05a1993">here</a>. I even read about grammar, as you can see.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Editing is natural for me. I resist urges to correct people on a regular basis (it's rude, I'm told.) So you can imagine how delighted I am to find opportunities in which people <i>ask</i> me to correct their language mistakes! I've edited a lot of things in my life--my husband's thesis, my master's program's policy manual, my professor's publications--but I must say that this is by far my favorite editing gig to date. I'm happy to be a part of the Method Press team! :)Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904864711817715472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086006045668881191.post-25336358379896254992011-04-08T07:49:00.000-07:002011-04-08T07:57:05.478-07:00Fluffy Monster Shout-out<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TTYCAg1mrjw/TZ8TqPer2AI/AAAAAAAAAHg/c_uPpzF0Pf8/s1600/MP+blog+post+dogs+dee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TTYCAg1mrjw/TZ8TqPer2AI/AAAAAAAAAHg/c_uPpzF0Pf8/s640/MP+blog+post+dogs+dee.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
Collectively knows as "the monsters", we are the super-goofy fluffy kids of Method Press's Senior Editor person. Like Gretel's mom, our mom isn't really doing much editing either, and figures she needs to find a better title. She thinks our real editing and design team totally rock. Working with all these cool people putting together the mag has been very fun for her, even though she doesn't really know what she is doing. She can be pretty goofy like that. She gave us Cheetos for this photo, however. We kept taking turns bouncing up and down because we are soooooo cookie-deprived we could not help ourselves! We were almost as bouncy and overpowering as we are when it is time for our walkies! <br />
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We fluffies want to give a big shout out to Hansel and Gretel. We wish you could chase balls with us and annoy the neighbor dogs. There is also a cat around here somewhere - she was giving us the Evil Cat look so we are plotting to annoy her at a time when she is off guard. Mom says cats are not snacks. :( This totally bums us out! <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">yo. I'm Gretel. I'm the newest resident dog child of Method Press's editor in chief. I've always thought that was a strange term because she's not a chief, she's just my mom-and she doesn't really edit-we've got an editor that does that named Sara. But she did have the grand idea of putting this magazine together and knows just how she wants to go about it. That's pretty cool I guess. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But really I'm not the biggest fan of MP yet, cuz it means mom is in the office and I can't go in the office so I'm back downstairs with Hansel. Doing dog things like chewing bones and sleeping and chasing my tail. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyways, we're under construction right now. But I'm sure you'll see me back here pretty soon.</div>Method Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00486356500431245128noreply@blogger.com0