Forever Love to Printed Magazines

Words and Image by Sora Kim

Recently, more and more people are turning to digital media as their main source for contemporary magazines. It’s fast, easy to access, and often tailored to personal interests. On top of that, digital platforms allow people to participate in creating content, making it even more relatable. But in this age of social media, where traditional media seems to be losing its power, there could be a different approach.

As one approach, I embarked on a design project where I transformed traditional print fashion magazines into collage artworks. Originally, these magazines were designed to reflect mainstream trends -I mean, it’s Vogue France-, but no single publication can fully capture an individual’s preferences.

By carefully selecting images and text, and creating new layouts, I turned something generic into something uniquely mine. What started as mass-produced media became a personal archive. By turning mass media content into a personal creation, one can give it a layer of authenticity that traditional media often lacks.

Whether it’s print or digital, you may easily realize that media becomes far more meaningful when it’s personalized. This process of owning and reshaping content made it not just a project, but a reflection of one’s perspective—something to be archived and reinterpreted over time.