Saturday, June 23, 2012

Pacific Standard Magazine


Cover 1: Abby Brothers in Gucci and vintage Eddie Bauer, photographed by Michael Donovan in North Cascades National Park. Cover 2: Alexis Schuster in 3.1 Phillip Lim and vintage Nordstrom, photographed by Charlie Schuck in Olympic National Park. 

Pacific Standard Magazine celebrates a selection of the best and brightest of the Great Northwest. The first issue features photography by Kyle Johnson, Charlie Schuck, Robin Stein, Michael Donovan, and Julie Cheek; a short story, "Seattle Burlesque," by Jack Kerouac; architect Tom Kundig's work for photographer Carol Bobo; artists Ashley Helvey, Victoria Haven, Matt Lifson, Izzie Klingels, and Jay Clark aka FaNKULT; an interview with photographer Eirik Johnson; previously unpublished Polaroid stills from the movie Streetwise by Mary Ellen Mark and Martin Bell; interviews with Palaceer Lazaro, Tiny Vipers, Phil Elverum, Morgan Henderson, Karolyn Kukoski of Witch Gardens, and five more of our favorite Northwest musicians; a remembrance of Seattle legend Gordon "Gordini" Brown by Javas Lehn, Hubert de Givenchy, and others; a story by Laura Cassidy; a large fold-out poster by fashion designer/textile artist Lily Raskind; a poem by Spencer Moody; beautiful oysters; Washington wine; Sausage Skateboards; a report on the future of that huge white NOAA research vessel parked by the Ballard Bridge; and an exclusive Pacific Standard theme song by Seattle trio Flexions, pressed onto a clear vinyl flexi-disc which is bound into the magazine.

Pacific Standard is 220 pages and available with two gold and silver foil-stamped covers (pictured above), in editions of 500 each, for $40 + $4 shipping. Release date is June 23, 2012.


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Please e-mail info[at]pacific-standard.com if you are interested in selling or distributing Pacific Standard Magazine.

8 comments:

Dana Landon said...

Really excited for this. You have put together something really special and true to where we live. Congrats on finishing the inaugural issue!

ashley said...

can't waittttt!

T.s. said...

Um. This looks like amazing work. I am so excited and impressed.

Anonymous said...

Many folks are asking where they can pick up a copy... any newstands carrying this yet?

Strath said...

It will be at Elliott Bay in Seattle and many more coming soon – or you can email us directly. Thanks!

JMW said...

Holy cow. This looks amazing. Congrats.

Anonymous said...

So .... is this the Pacific Standard that's been substituted for my Wilson Quarterly subscription? At first glance, I can't imagine how the WQ thought this would match the interests of any of their subscribers.

I'm also quite curious why the WQ was "unable" to convert our existing subscriptions to their new digital subscriptions, instead requiring us to write to your PO box to get a refund (for the remaining two years on my WQ subscription), and purchase a new subscription to their digital service.

Strath said...

Um...
No; it probably wouldn't; I don't know.