032c

{{short description|Culture magazine published in Germany}}

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| founder = Joerg Koch, Sandra von Mayer-Myrtenhain

| founded = 2001

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| country = Germany

| based = Berlin

| language = English

| website = {{URL|032c.com}}

| issn = 1611-3535

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032c magazine is a bi-annual, English-language contemporary culture magazine that covers art, fashion, and politics. It was founded in 2001 by Joerg Koch and Sandra von Mayer-Myrtenhain and is published in Berlin.{{cite news|last=Toofanian|first=Rana|title=The Creative Establishment: Joerg Koch|url=http://industrie.nowmanifest.com/2011/05/23/the-creative-establishment-joerg-koch/|access-date=14 May 2014|newspaper=Industrie|date=23 May 2011|archive-date=15 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515013441/http://industrie.nowmanifest.com/2011/05/23/the-creative-establishment-joerg-koch/|url-status=dead}}

History

The magazine was founded in Berlin in 2001 by Joerg Koch, a freelance journalist who had previously run a gallery, and his wife Sandra von Mayer-Myrtenhain, a documentary producer who created it as a way to attract attention to their website 032c.com.{{cite news|last=Tzortzis|first=Andreas|title=A new breed of fashion magazines comes into vogue|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/20/style/20iht-fberlin.1.7180694.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=14 May 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 August 2007}} The original cover featured a giant red square, a reference to the bold color in the Pantone Matching System for which the publication is named. The magazine has featured names such as Kanye West and Ricardo Tisci on its cover.

Reception

032c has received acclaim for its design and was awarded one of Germany's Lead Awards for National Visual Lead Magazine in 2006.{{cite news| url=https://www.morgenpost.de/bezirke/mitte/article103074362/Zeitschriften-Oscar-fuer-Berliner-Magazin.html |website=Berliner Morgenpost | title=Zeitschriften-Oscar für Berliner Magazin |date=7 March 2008 |language=de}} The magazine's new design layout in 2007 became a hotly debated issue in the fashion and media world.{{cite web|author=Alice Rawsthorn|title=Mag Hags|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/03/09/style/t/index.html#pageName=09Rawsthorn|date=9 March 2008|access-date=18 March 2008}} 032c was awarded the German media award Lead Magazine of the Year in 2008.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020|reason=Again evidence needed}} Its fashion editorials have been awarded Lead Mood and Fashion Photography awards in 2014 and 2015.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020|reason=Evidence needed}}

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