Probably the most effective piece of advertising I’ve ever been exposed to. You get a look at the creative process behind the art, a guided tour given by editors and just a general sense of the loving way the books are put together. Food, mythological beasts and murder mysteries are all illustrated in the pages of this publication, because they are also illustrated in the books the magazine is trying to sell. It’s like standing in the lobby of the Chrysler Building.īut that’s not the only article. Politics aside, Folio’s artwork is a wink and a nod to the era in which it was published, and takes us back to the glories of the Art Deco age. The central topic is the Folio edition of Atlas Shrugged, which, love it or loathe it, is undoubtedly a hugely important book that seems even more relevant to political discourse today than when it was first published. The images of Folio artwork in this edition (Autumn 2018), are wonderful. It’s a bit of an advertising piece disguised as a self-indulgent series of interviews of creators, behind-the-scenes look at how the final products are made and paeans to the finished product.

This magazine is about what you’d expect from the house organ of a company dedicated to creating beautiful publications (and one which I’ve featured before). My personal favorite is the annual Folio Diary, but another wonderful little gift is Folio, the company’s magazine. One of the nice things abut buying books from Folio Society is that they send you little gifts with the books.

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