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The 'Hope & Glory' Issue..Or the things that dreams are made of. Well what would that be? To be a designer, are we hoping to make the world a better place? Are we striving to make our mark on the world, or is it just about doing something that's fun to do? Does it stay fun or can it ge

Hey, if you're not doing it for the love of it, what on earth are you doing it for? La Gloire? (The glory) Or perhaps it's the fame, the adulation: a Lear jet and a personal chef for your pet Pekingese? Well, hold the phone and don't hold your breath. If it's not done for the sake of doing, then it

Ed.6 - 'Method in the Madness' kind of snuck up on us while we were deep in our own madness reflecting on the lifeblood of all creative enterprise: our inspiration More Information on Ed.6

In times like these we are continually reminded that nothing stays the same; we are all arriving or departing from one platform or another. This theme has marked a timely reminder to stay connected and get out amongst it. On Tues May 19 2009 Threaded decked the glass walls of Playle Studio with Ed.

'The home front' issue maps and values the experience of looking in, before looking out and challenges us to consider the nature of our 'uniqueness' whilst recognising the multitude of external factors that influence, challenge and connect the home front. Collaborating with practitioners and designe...

This edition sees us collaborating with practitioners and designers from Supply, Creature, Strategy Advertising & Design, Ghostpatrol & Miso and F4 expanding our network of contributors who directly and indirectly express the 'Pick 'n' Mix' theme from Ed.9 through their profiles. Fo

With Ed.X being our first double digits issue we saw cause for some extended sections and a wee celebration. In this issue we are privileged to profile and offer insights into a range of New Zealand & Australian practitioners and collaborate with guest designers from Frost Studio in Sydney

The theme for this edition is intended to provide fun for serious practitioners without losing sight of the Cosmopolitan motto "Above All Nations Is Humanity" which was remarkably symbolic of the idealism of the time and equally applicable today. Threaded, Ed 11 - Worldly Wise the Cosmopol...

Threaded Edition 12 presents ‘the graphic portrayal of 5 character driven headliners, with top supporting casts, celebrated professional crews as well as talented background artists from all corners of the globe’. Tune into the self portraits of five star acts, set across four continents; staged...

For some people, superstitious folk, afraid of their own shadows, that might sound unlucky. But not round here! Here being the various Auckland, Budapest and (and today San Francisco) offices of Threaded Magazine. Well, when we started out, we scarcely thought we would make it to a 2nd edition, let

'The New Pyramid Scheme' Issue, celebrates five fantastic profiles on five sections of quality stock from B&F and incredible printing from our print partners Centurion Print. Let us introduce… Cocoon Offset, 350gsm 120gsm It was only fitting that we used a 100%-recycled FSC certified sto

At the start every issue of Threaded we decide on a visual and conceptual framework to start the design process. After reading Andre Breton's Manifesto of Surrealism we wanted to dedicate this issue to the 'Pursuit of Imagination, Experimentation & Freedom'. We wanted to kick-start our creat...

Well, Grand designs, magnificent obsessions, masterworks, whatever you want to call them, they all have a life of their own. And all of these experiments require a sacrifice that at least veers on the unreasonable. That’s as true in 2014, as it was in 1817 when 17 year old Mary Shelley wrote Frank...

Its not just a fight for the Seele of Seventeen it’s a wrestling match for your very soul. Whichever way you slice it, Threaded Magazine is now 17 editions old, which in magazine years, makes us, like, totally mature y’know? So no more fumbling for love bite in the bike stands for us. This publi...

Curiosity. Who cares what it did to the cat? These days, more than ever, a sense of curiosity is the ultimate self-starter kit, for not only every designer but every sentient human being. It’s like an action pack that no knowledge-acquisitive superhero can go without. Without curiosity to set you...

It is a truth universally acknowledged; these days you have to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time. That applies to the masses. But for artists and applied artists of any kind, as you probably know already, there’s a level of omniscience that just seems to be expected: even taken for grante...

Matariki is a season to celebrate the land for the next year. We take this time to acknowledge a collaboration and co-edition with Ngā Aho on our 20th Issue. This collaboration connects us professionally, spiritually, physically and culturally with the unique identity and landscape of Māori creati...

Te ihi (essence) of this special edition is the narrative of whakapapa, connection and genealogy between humans and all ecosystems as a holistic and integrated system. The continuum and importance of the separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku and the varying stages of light being released into the...