Magazines

I really look forward to the magazines that I subscribe to (I only subscribe to one presently but read my parents' magazines as well).

I don't know what it is but there is a certain kind of pleasure that comes from getting a glossy, ink doused binding of papers. I think I like the experience that magazines create the most: they're better than the internet, but the internet has the potential to be similar. Essentially Magazines are really asthetic. When they take photos for a magazine, they know relatively what the article will look like on the page and they use intricate designs and framing to make the photos match with the pages. Plus, all of the magazines that I read use modern photos, usually the first sighting of that photo is right there in my hand because it hasn't been published anywhere else yet.

Think a little longer about the way magazines are designed and I think you can understand how important asthetics, or the overall experience, really is. Truth be told, if you do a shotty job here and there on your individual parts, yet you can make the "asthetic" look great, you'll hide all of those blemishes. For instance, walk around your house paying close attention to the joints and corners--chances are there is something wrong with them, yet you don't really notice it living there for several years.

There's some deep truth in this that I'm only scratching the surface on and will likely explain later.