Artist Jorge Colombo draws the June 1, 2009 cover of New Yorker Magazine using the iPhone application Brushes.

“Using the Brushes application, one of thousands of available for the iPhone and iPod touch, he has digitally painted dozens of iconic New York scenes, including Grand Central Terminal, classic downtown delicatessens and the Empire State Building.

This week, one of his sketches will assume a spot coveted by artists in New York and all over the world: the cover of The New Yorker magazine.”

via abc NEWS

A short interview with Jorge here.
And more coverage in The New Yorker and New York Times.

May 232009

Link: POLAPREMIUM

“Celebrating the magic of analog instant photography and making these rare and limited products accessible worldwide.” POLAPREMIUM

Hewlett-Packard introduces MagCloud, a new service that “enables you to publish your own magazines.” Coming at just 20¢/page to purchase a magazine (plus shipping), publishers will have to create their magazine in-house and submit it as a finalized high-res PDF. MagCloud then farms out the printing to local and global printers and also handles the shipping and billing.

Costing much less than traditional printing, especially when it comes to making last minute changes, the service hopes to establish itself as “your new printing press.”

via NYT – Article