{"id":6970,"date":"2013-11-14T01:42:55","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T01:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/?page_id=6970"},"modified":"2015-07-16T05:36:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T05:36:49","slug":"bpm-magazine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/bpm-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"BPM MAGAZINE | Art direction for French electronic music publication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/\" title=\"portfolio logo\" class=\"logo-mega fade\"><\/a><br \/>\n<small>&#9664; HOME<\/small><\/p>\n<h1>BPM magazine <\/h1>\n<h2>In 2003, I became the Art Director of BPM magazine.<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-france.jpg\" alt=\"cover of bpm magazine in france\" width=\"800\" height=\"579\" class=\"aligncenter no-border size-full wp-image-6972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-france.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-france-550x398.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-france-414x300.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>URBAN LIFESTYLE <\/h3>\n<p><strong>BPM magazine was a lifestyle publication from France.<\/strong><br \/>\nOur focus was to deliver the best of urban lifestyle and music every two months.<br \/>\nThe content featured both emerging faces and international icons of the street culture.<br \/>\nBack in the days, BPM was one of the only publication to present a fresh and appealing vision of the urban lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Before I took the art direction, the publication used to commission me for drawings to illustrate their content.<br \/>\nAfter a couple of years they asked me if I wanted to become their art director.<br \/>\nI was happy to accept and it was a nice experience.<br \/>\nFeel free to check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/#mega-about\" title=\"more about mega\">my profile<\/a> if you want to learn more about my artistic experiences.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine.jpg\" alt=\"BPM magazine\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1247\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6530 aligncenter no-border\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-550x623.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An issue featuring John Pound, the founder of the <a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.topps.com\/shop-brands\/garbage-pail-kids.html\" title=\"garbage pail kids\">Garbage Pail Kids<\/a>.<br \/>\nI also wrote the article. Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/john-pound-garbage-pail-kids\/\" title=\"john pound\">article about John Pound<\/a> if you want to practice your French.<\/p>\n<p>For another issue I asked the fashion photographer Florent Demarchez to do a crazy shoot with the electro band dDamage.<br \/>\nThis mag was an opportunity to meet creative people from Paris. Photographers, musicians, visual artists, you name it.<br \/>\nMost of them became close friends until today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-nerd-article.jpg\" alt=\"article about nerd in bpm magazine\" width=\"800\" height=\"548\" class=\"aligncenter no-border size-full wp-image-6973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-nerd-article.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-nerd-article-550x376.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-nerd-article-437x300.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Zoot Woman and Lacquer <\/h3>\n<p>As I told you I used to do a lot of illustrations for the previous creative team.<br \/>\nI was even commissioned to illustrate one of their front cover.<br \/>\nI did this drawing with my friend Delarocca.<br \/>\nZoot woman is an English electronic music band and Lacquer is an electronic musician.<br \/>\n<em>This is a pretty old job. For more recent works, check my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/magazine-covers-album-covers\/\" title=\"Album and magazine covers | Illustration and drawings\">artworks on magazines and album covers<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"column-content\">\n<div id=\"column45\"><div id=\"attachment_3398\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3398\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mega_drawings16.jpg\" alt=\"Zoot Woman and Lacquer\" title=\"mega_drawings16\" width=\"465\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mega_drawings16.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mega_drawings16-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mega_drawings16-398x300.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zoot Woman and Lacquer<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"column45\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-illustration.png\" alt=\"zoot woman and lacquer illustration\" width=\"550\" height=\"572\" class=\"aligncenter no-border size-full wp-image-7018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-illustration.png 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-illustration-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<li class=\"blue-box \">MORE ABOUT THE PUBLICATION: <span class=\"grey-text\"><br \/>\n<small>NAME:<\/small> <em>BPM magazine.<\/em><br \/>\n<small>POSITION:<\/small> <em>Art director. <\/em><br \/>\n<small>CONTENT:<\/small> <em>Urban cultures, street art, hip-hop. <\/em><br \/>\n<small>YEAR:<\/small> <em>2003 to 2004. <\/em><br \/>\n<small>PUBLISHER:<\/small> <em>Planet Communication. <\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<p><em class=\"newfont\">If you like BPM, feel free to check the art direction I did for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wad-magazine\/\" title=\"WAD MAGAZINE\">WAD magazine<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"blue-box\">&#9664;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/art-direction-creation-design-magazines\/\" title=\"art direction\">BACK TO ART DIRECTION <\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-title-logo.png\" alt=\"logo bpm magazine\" width=\"600\" height=\"109\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7399 no-border\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-title-logo.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-title-logo-550x99.png 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bpm-magazine-title-logo-500x90.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#9664; HOME BPM magazine In 2003, I became the Art Director of BPM magazine. URBAN LIFESTYLE BPM magazine was a lifestyle publication from France. Our focus was to deliver the best of urban lifestyle and music every two months. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/bpm-magazine\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3341,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"showcase.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6970","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BPM MAGAZINE | Art direction for French electronic music publication<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BPM magazine was a bimestrial publication featuring the best or urban lifestyle. 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