Library---Uppercase Magazine

Reading magazines on a day off, whether it's lazing on a sunny afternoon in a Cafe or at home in the bathtub or by the fireplace with my doggies and my man, is a guilty pleasure of mine. I really thought that one day I would work for a magazine but the whole industry has taken a turn in the last few years. There are fewer and fewer magazines out there, as all of my favourite ones have been forced to "retire", so I get really excited when I find an actual copy of a magazine that I like. This is what happened yesterday when I purchased my first issue of the Calagary-based Uppercase, "a magazine for the creative and curious". It isn't oriented towards interior decorating but is packed with information and interesting articles on movies, photography, crafts, and all sorts of inspiring things and the layout and graphic design is beautiful. They publish every 3 months and their 7th issue should be available shortly. It is the best 18$ that I have spent in a long time.

Here is what they are all about:

"We're inquisitive: learning from other artists, illustrators, designers, photographers, filmmakers and musicians, whether they're upstarts or icons, famous or shy, verbal or visual.

We're inspired: enchanted by great ideas and strange inventions; by colour and pattern; things fancy and frugal; the charm of vintage in a modern life; the ridiculous and the sublime.

We're adventurous: traveling to destinations both real and imagined, peeking into creative spaces and discovering magnificent people and memorable places.

We're eclectic: curating souvenirs, collecting treasures and celebrating the extraordinary in the everyday.

We're playful: delighting in visual amusements, intelligent distraction, entertaining wordplay and sweet indulgences".