If you're looking for a physical copy of Five to Nine without having eight magazines lying around, this may be for you. A Near Miss, or A Close Call compiles the first seven issues, plus the pilot issue, of Five to Nine into one, hard bound book. This features every single page printed over the last year, with some new work included just for this compendium.
The book features the following issues: Introduction, Fragments&Uncertanities— Minnesota, At Dawn I Closed My Eyes & Thought of You, Romantic Gestures, or Another Conversation, Oui ou Non, On Any Sunday I’ll Be There..., Sing Us A Song and COFFEE&TV.
The book can be purchased through Lulu.
And we are back! Sure, we're a week late, but that's all water under the bridge, right?. Hope so, cos we’re armed to the teeth with fantastic work, COFFEE&TV brings to light all those bits of work that never made it past the sketchbook or Photoshop.
With fifty-nine pages of material here, issue seven features works from
Alexander Egger,
Ashlie Chavez,
Charles Kaufman,
Lisa Troutman,
Luca Righi,
Mario Sughi,
Martha Cecil,
Michael Roach,
Matt Mignanelli,
Naomi Vona,
Paola De Giovanni,
Paul Allen,
Peter Skwiot Smith and
Russell Milne.
Special note: COFFEE&TV features Augustus, an in-production typeface by Karl Frankowski.
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Six months into the game, Five to Nine drops its fourth (technically fifth) proper issue. Dubbed Oui ou Non, issue four explores the world of black and white, a place that isn't so much about a lack of colour, but one of opposites.
Oui ou Non features work from
Jeremy Sengly,
Jeanju Choi-Johnson & Joe Johnson,
Gianmarco Lodi,
Michael Roach,
Paola De Giovanni,
Karl Frankowski,
Peter Skwiot Smith and
Damien Correll.
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In issue two of Five to Nine, a group of eleven designers, artists & musicians explore the most oft-cited muse: music. Our largest issue to date (nearly fifty pages) features work by
Jessica Beeler,
Amy Pogue Brady,
Ben Hribar,
Yaniv Waissa,
Brendan Finney,
Christian Trifilio,
Karl Frankowski,
Damien Correll &
Peter Skwiot Smith.
Covers arranged by Karl Frankowski.
Download At Dawn I Closed My Eyes & Thought of You now (11.9 megs).
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Our second debut issue. Five to Nine, surviving its trial run, has launched its first proper issue titled Fragments & Uncertainties— Minnesota. In this issue,
Karl Frankowski,
Lisa Troutman and
Peter Skwiot Smith explore what Minnesota means to us. Granted, it sounds silly, but it is a fantastc issue.
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Five to Nine is a new PDF magazine from Skwiot/Smith. The aim of this magazine is to explore what designers & artists do in their free time, off the clock and without clients. In this debut issue,
Karl Frankowski,
Jason Lindke,
Peter Skwiot Smith,
Christian Trifilio and
Lisa Troutman explore the idea of introduction.
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Taking a look at the everyday, Sing Us A Song (Five to Nine's sixth issue) brings together a diverse group of designers & artists together and explores what happens when letters are combined and form those things we call words.
Action packed and guns blazing, Five to Nine has returned with its fifth issue. Not ready to give up on the world of film based photography any time soon, On Any Sunday I'll Be There... takes on the world of instamatic photography: Polaroid. We dug deep into this thriving sub-culture, resulting in an issue featuring seventy-eight Polaroids from twenty-four designers & artists.
The third issue of Five to Nine is out! Exploring the theme of portraits, it features work from
Paolo Casalis,
Damien Correll,
Leif Parsons,
Susan Walter,
Yaniv Waissa,
Zachary Johnson,
Steffania Paola,
Lisa Troutman&Jason Lindke,
Brendan Finney,
Michael McJilton and
Karl Frankowski.