ABOUT
Publishers and a society of 20th c. modernist architecture and design enthusiasts with the modernist magazine as its flagship product released quarterly each year.
Each magazine has its own theme following the letters of the alphabet, with one letter being explored across the year.
Originally edited by the modernist society founders Jack Hale and Eddy Rhead, it now recruits guest editors who all bring their own flavour and network, covering a diverse range of modernist subjects from the built environment to public conveniences.
The society is based in Manchester and runs its HQ out of its shop, office, and gallery, with local city chapters in Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool, and Birmingham, all amplifying and contributing to the society's work.
Its patrons are Johnny Marr and Jonathan Meades, writer, broadcaster, and resident of Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation.
THE BRIEF
To nominate and explore a modernist theme based around the letter J - with issue #33 being the first in the series.
Source, invite, and manage 12 guest writers, all writing 1000 x words each around the magazine theme.
The brief welcomed broad interpretations of the theme - figuratively or literally - so long as the subject matter interested fans of the modernist.
THE RESULT
The theme of Junction was chosen. The junction between being in and out of favour, junctions with the establishment on one side and counter-culture on the other; spaces evolved from many cultural moments and junctions that connect where you're from, to where you went, to where you've returned.
And, of course, the concrete sort.
High-caliber and industry-respected journalists such as Michael Holden and Stephen Beale contributed, as well as household names Wayne Hemingway and Chris Difford from the iconic band Squeeze.
Japanese Haiku, photo stories, architect's models, and personal anecdotes all explored stories and academic pieces about Spaghetti Junction, film and song Up the Junction, Southampton Bus Station
and Dalston Junction.
the modernist | Guest Editor | Issue #33 JUNCTION
Bringing a publishing theme to life whilst adhering to the brand tone of voice
