Don't like the new logo or cover one bit. The other changes seem welcome. I still might not re-subscribe.

Oh -- I disagree! I like it a lot.

I like the old logo better, it was more distinctive. I guess its what inside that counts most, so I'll wait and see how I like it before I make any judgements.

if they have stopped running tobacco ads, i might think of reinstating my subscription.

we liked the idea of the mag, so subscribed. but soon found it had more biographical stuff, who is cool and what coffee they drink, music they like, etc, instead of focusing on DIY projects. Got kind of bored of the lifestyle praising of people that make things, I wanted to see more projects and objects to inspire me... so let the subscription run out.

as with dwell, content was getting less and less and less...maybe that's changed?

Don't like this new cover at all, very boring. Old one jumped right out on the newsstand, had more character.

In fact, I never cared for the magazine itself, but the only reason I ever bought an issue was BECAUSE I judged its cover without reading it first! It just stood out against all the other cookie-cutter shelter mags, but now it blends right in.

Sneak peek, not peak. Seems to be a pretty consistent error throughout the site.

does anyone know where i can get that stringy red chair on the cover? i saw a green one awhile back (on apt. therapy).. but have no clue where its from !? <3

Poor Readymade. It's always had some issues (no pun intended), but the last four or five issues have been especially bland and stretched-feeling. It really feels short on meaty projects and long on "tips" masquerading as projects-- like replacing the pull on your ceiling fan with a keychain. That is not a project. Projects have steps.

And I'm with you, lab director, the biographical stuff is irritating. I don't care who is cool. I want to see stuff to make!

I agree with matchbookhymnal: As someone who collected ReadyMade from its very first issues, I think it has really suffered since it transfered hands (and I was really unhappy to hear about the way staffers were essentially thrown out of their jobs.)

I think what made ReadyMade cool in the first place--a crafty, cool DIY sensibility, sometimes tending to the nerdy side (grass couch! Make your own adirondack chair!)--has gone largely missing. The last few issues have seemed to be steeped in bland hipsterism--and a new logo won't change that.

Oh, and...if I see one more feature about someone who's transformed a trailer--airstream or otherwise--into a "hip living space," I might have to scream.

C'mon ReadyMade. Give us more grass couches, lite-brite coffee tables and MacGyver challenges and ditch the boring hipsterism already. (In other words, try to remember what it was that made you stand out in the first place.)

I'm with all of the above critiques. I used to hit up my local mag store for days waiting for the new issue to come in so I could get inspired by all their rad projects, diys, and MacGyver challenges. I used to like How'd You Get That F'n Awesome Job, but now it's like the whole magazine is about hipsters and their cool jobs. LAME. I stopped buying it after a couple disappointing issues in a row.

PLEASE go back to the way you were! Crafty, creative, a little kooky and totally inspiring. I want to wallpaper my filing cabinet and make my own lamp out of clothes hangers!

Ditto the previous comments. I am a DIY fanatic and was surprised at how little DIY was in this mag (just started subscribing last year). So, no renewal for me... guess I'll just stick to my blogs. Too bad. Sounds like I missed the good years of ReadyMade altogether. :(

Thanks for the post and for the feedback. Hope you'll all weigh in once you've had a chance to take a look at the issue. We'd love any and all feedback. You could feel free to email me at info AT readymademag DOT com or post away here or elsewhere. Again would love to hear your feedback...thanks!

- Andrew Wagner
editor in chief, ReadyMade

Readymade is actually one of the reasons I was born in the US. Damn my parents.

I've subscribed for years and look forward to seeing the redesign. I've actually found the last few issues refreshingly devoid of the insular attitude that sometimes turned me off in the early years. Everyone tosses the word "hipster" around and I don't know if it applies here - in fact I think readymade is less self-consciously "cool" than ever. Personally I like the mix of projects, many of which are within reach as opposed to esoteric or overly complex undertakings that you have to be a real die-hard to attempt - not knocking you die hards (in fact I am in awe of you!) but I think there's room for everyone in the world of DIY/design/craft...

The content changes sound positive, but that cover....well, it blands (oops! Freudian slip) blends in with the rest of the design magazine section now.

I've always skipped over ReadyMade at my local magazine stand. After thumbing through a few issues, it just didn't appeal to me the way Domino, Sunset and House Beautiful have and the hipster-centric content as others have mentioned, is irksome. Living in LA, I'm subjected to enough of them on a daily basis.

I do love a good makeover so Im going to pick up the new issue and give it a go. Worst case scenario, if it doesn't appeal to me, I can give it to a friend who may dig it.

"cook pancakes" is not a project.

i don't have a strong feeling about this i'm just happy its still in existence. But it makes me miss Domino and Met Home all the more.