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Designers are encouraged to respond to the content. For the Dave Eggers issue (#25), Eva Goncalves was influenced by the flamboyant visuals of Eggers' McSweeney's book imprint, creating a fold-out poster referencing map design. "We called him Captain Eggers while we produced the issue, and out of that came the ocean map idea," explains von [Von Rabenau]. The following issue had a very different approach. "Manfred Eicher has an extremely narrow view of his record label ECM and how music should be packaged," says von Rabenau, "and that translated into the design." Cue classic grid structures from designers Atelier Bernd Kuchenbeiser. This insistence on quality over quantity is a very current theme, and is what makes the magazine special. It's easy to access information about any of their featured subjects online, but little of it is as focused as the carefully crafted and illustrated magazines von Rabenau and his part-time team produce. "Paper is patient, and provides a reading experience with a much deeper level of engagement," he says. The 30 issues to date provide a distinctive snapshot of contemporary cultural figures, the "influential but not A-list" as he puts it. So who can we expect as future subjects? "We've been after Thom Yorke for ages," says von Rabenau, "and I'd love to do [artist] James Turrell." Can't wait. 1