What are the reasons for the end?
Print Matters! created in the summer of 2015, spontaneously, as a project during our semester holidays. While we have always been working towards, that Print Matters! to stand on financially independent legs comes up, it remained for us, however, “only” a Hobby and a passion. The life of the six of us founding members have now changed: We have completed our studies, work began, one of us emigrated to Paris and the time we have in Print Matters! were stuck, was more and more scarce.
What were, in retrospect, a particularly good moments?
The first months of the preachers of the square were intended – because everything was new, because we got so much good Feedback. Among the Highlights of the events we have over the years organised the readings and, of course, the various Opening and Closing Parties, which in the case of any change of location of the Print Matters! Queuing. There are also the smaller, but still beautiful moments were when finally the big cardboard box with the new magazines in front of the door, we waited for weeks.
We had Zurich, Teenagers and pensioners, the city and the tourists from Japan in our Store.Florian Schaffner, co-founder of Print Matters!
A special Shop also has a special clientele.
There were countless conversations with customers in the Shop, some for hours. At the beginning we had the feeling we would have a pretty good Overview of the magazine world, and yet we got to titles, tips, of which we never had heard. We had Zurich, Teenagers and pensioners, the city and the tourists from Japan in our Store. Someone had no more money on the account, and therefore his magazine with a record paid. Also the visits of headquarters-icon Dora Koster during our time in the lower village, we will not forget.
there Is a ranking list of the most popular titles? And what did not go at all?
Clearly there was the Popular and the exotic; titles such as Apartamento, Kinfolk, 032c, The Gourmand, the Gentlewoman or Fantastic Man. Also local title as a Migrant Journal or Chreis Cheib, a photo of the band road to the long, attracted a lot of interest. The more exotic title Plans (a magazine for plants), Odiseo (erotic) or Candy with a nearly-naked Miley Cyrus on the Cover of many looked at in the Store, but only a few wanted to take them home with you.
the Print is not standing still.Florian Schaffner, Co-Founder Of Print Matters!
Print is still the future?
Clearly, it is a relatively small, in a sense, somewhat elitist market, and it is not easy to earn with magazines sustainable money. But it is definitely not silent.
Where must the people now, for the magazines, more than just a Kiosk?
In Zurich In the bookshop of the Material remains a focal point. Many of the magazines can also be ordered online – if you know what you’re looking for. Also QWSTION self-will perform a selection of magazines, even if we will no longer be there.
Do — from 18 clock
Qwstion
Badenerstr. 156
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Created: 30.01.2019, 17:57 PM
