If it’s August, then it must be September.
Well, that’s how it works in magazine world, and AT is getting an extra early, extra special intro to the Metropolitan Home September issue, not even out on stands.
It’s only appropriate that the new issue of Met Home features the word “Renovate!” on its cover, since that’s exactly what’s going on inside. And there’s no better tourguide to the revisions than Donna Warner herself, VP/Editor in Chief of Metropolitan Home .
What do AT readers want to know from this design mag masthead maven who’s been at the helm of Met Home since 1992?...
Donna Warner, with Metropolitan Home since it began (and even before, at Apartment Life, the current title’s forerunner) is ready to dish the dirt on what it takes to be a style leader, why the time was right for a rehab, why going green is no longer just a cover blurb, and why you’ll be saying “Word!” to all your Met Homies after you read the revamped September issue.
I bought this at a newstand last week...
view Bridget212323's profile
I used to have a subscription years ago. I thought Met Home was a bunch of useless ads and no substance. I do mind a lot of ads if they at least vary a bit from month to month.
view SleepyDweller's profile
Does she get kick backs from interior decorators and architects? She is always pushing people to hire them.
Oh, and also, why do they have the party section in the front? I don't want to see pictures of overly spoiled people who live in lala land going to fancy parties with b-list celebs.
view Gene's profile
Two questions, actually:
How to locate/order back copies of Apartment Life if possible, and also, I'd like to know her take on the viability of a neo-AL for the millions of people who continue to dwell in apartments for whatever reason....
view analogirl's profile
Actually I received my subscription copy of Sept. issue at home earlier this week. Did not notice substantive changes. Would like more specific and updated sourcing information (three items from photos in Sept. issue that I pursued online from their listed "Resources" were not available) or at least better leads (a la 'other ways to get this look/feel would be option a or option b').
view madison's profile
I would want to know if the main reason for the redesign was in order to integrate green living into their magazine, or if green was only one factor.
I also wonder how they balanced changing areas of their magazine identity while trying not to turn away their readers or seem like they have suddenly turned into another magazine.
I also would be interested to know about the areas of the redesign that may not be readily apparent to readers now, either work that was more 'behind-the-scenes' or possibly what they did that will come more to the front as time passes.
Will Met Home have more of a focus on apartments in the way that it sounds like AL did, especially since many associate city apartment living with 'Metropolitan'?
view Matt's profile
I grew up reading Methome. One of the reasons why I have always liked it is because there was diversity in the interiors that were represented. The past two years, however, have been quite disappointing for me, with virtually all of the interiors in each issue being mid century modern. I noticed that the current issue features a mix of styles, and there was not one mid century modern interior (yay!). Can I expect that future issues will also show different types of style, or was this issue just a fluke and will the next 5 issues after this one be predominantly mid century modern as well?
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