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LABB Magazine | Art & Design

WELCOME TO LABB . . . j’adorable!

The role as Art Director for LABB MAGAZINE, has been almost a total life consuming role. But I am told that is the Fashion Industry, and to just get on with it… Which is exactly what I have done. On the LABB team, There is George Eko (Editor in chief ), OscarAlexander Lunburg (Creative Editor) , Ozzy Shah (Features Editor), Abiola Salami (Managing Editor) and myself. Quite a small team!

“LABB is a quarterly ‘coffee table’ glossy which will be aimed at designers, photographers and artists from all different backgrounds. It’s very easy to read as the written features will be minimal and main focus will be on the editorial spreads.” – OZZY

As I am writing this blog, half the team is in London preparing the final order for the magazine. Its a strange feeling, I have been working on the layout for months now, sometimes 20 hours a day. Its a strange feeling to think when the next few changes that I make (when i get the new notes) will be the last changes, LABB will have its first ever magazine.

Its been a Rocky birth, its been hard and stressful. But I am very sure I speak for the whole of the LABB team when I say that , “we are confident in our product”.

I have a duel interest in this magazine as a number of the submissions and commissions in the magazine are mine. Whats really strange is that putting the layout together is not the scary part for me. there are 238 pages of pure Photographic and Fashion goodness, each of those pages is a worry, each tiny element on the cover pages, each tiny drop shadow, the position of each photo, each page should be able to stand up on it own yet work with the page next to it and with the whole of the magazine. Its be a learning curve that’s for sure. But still, for me, my big buzz is that my photography has been included in the magazine. Seeing my work along Danny Tang, Andrew Bainbridge, Squiz Hamilton , Natalie J Watts and Karl Baxter, is an amazing feeling. Which is a bigger achievement for me? that’s hard to answer. But on thing is for sure. I feel a MASSIVE sense of achievement for just being where I am.

“If Vogue is your bible then LABB Magazine is going to be your Qur’an, Torah & Bible all in one!It is a fashionista’s dream put together all in one and oh my… Its definitely a rollercoaster to go through!” -OZZY

Below are some screen shoots from my computer of the magazine, Please be sure to check out www.Labbmagazine.com

( oh.. if you are on Facebook too.. there links to our Facebook page via the website)