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Jill's Zine Reviews
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Jills Rating System:
| Nescafe................ | Don't bother. Not even worth spilling your latte on.
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| House Blend......... | Run of the mill. Slightly interesting, neither fantastic nor crappy.
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| Moccacinno........... | Fluffy eye candy. Yummy, clever and achingly hip.
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| Espresso.............. | Beautifully put together. Sweet, to the point, not stuffed with superfluous ads and razor
thin bimbos. Informative and relevant.
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Elle Canada
Jill was excited by the introductory price of $1.99 for this publication. A veritable bargain
for this 272 page glossy extravaganza. For those of you who are fans of this international magazine, you won't be
disappointed by this Canadian version.
It features the same insipid ads, the same overpoweringly smelly perfume samples,
and the same old same old fashion spreads and layouts as all the other versions. Although Jill prefers Elle to other
girly magazines like Cosmo, she still thinks it blows.
Tastefully laid out and with a largely inoffensive color scheme,
Elle nonetheless panders too largely to its advertisers and to the sort of consumer culture which Jill finds abhorrent.
Jill gives Elle Canada a House Blend.
SPACE
We are all by now familiar with the magalogue, that interesting publication which is a
catalogue cleverly disguised as a magazine. Jill, purely for the sake of science, has a subscription to Space,
the Ikea magalogue.
This month was particularly entertaining in that the editors appeared to have forgotten their
masquerade as a periodical and were openly touting their Swedish design sensibilities. There was a sweet little
article about a clay house that did not feature Ikea furnishings, but for the most part this months edition was a
blatant flyer for the summer line of home accessories.
If you're desperately in need of some ‘design solutions'
then you might find this mag entertaining. It is well laid out, in that relentless Ikea way, and has some very
hilariously staged questions and answers about little design problems the typical home owner might encounter.
If you're a sucker for the Ikea lifestyle (and I know you are), then take a gander at this fluffy shiny mag.
Jill gives Space a House Blend
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