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TORI WEST
From diy zines of the nineties to the glossies of today print media
has changed a lot. creator of bricks magazine, disaster zine and social
editor at i-d, Tori West talks to Juicebox about the changing face of
printed media.
What brought you to create Bricks
magazine and Disaster Zine? Was it
to fulfill a creative need or fill
a gap in the market?
I wouldn’t say it was for market
value, more to keep me sane. My favourite part of uni was being able
to collaborate with others, I was
really scared of losing that when
I graduated. I see both publications
are a creative outlet, I just hope
they inspire and motivate others as
much as they do me.
When you were creating Bricks and
Disaster Zine were you working with
a large group of people of just a
few and how did you choose who to
work with?
Bricks is such a huge project, it
couldn’t exist without all of the
amazing emerging creatives we collaborate with. There’s five of us
arranging the print, four editors
including myself and our graphic
designer, we all met at university
and share the same passion for independent publishing, we agree that
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magazines should be used to promote
change and motive younger generations, we’re bored of commercial
magazines that focus on selling, if
you have a platform, teach.
Disaster zine is a much smaller
project that me and my best friend
Josh started. It’s our very own agony aunt.
What magazines/zines have had most
impact on you throughout your life?
Did they inform the creation of
Bricks? I wouldn’t necessarily
suggest that a particular magazine made an impact. Don’t get me
wrong, there’s amazing publications