"Readers, editors and designers all know that design cannot save a magazine from failure. But they also know that an ingredient of its success will be its design: the design that touches off the intangible feeling of rightness, of identification in the reader browsing at the bookstall. But even then the designer should not expect that much credit. The tendency is to give the editor a raise if a magazine with a new design is a success, and to fire the art director if it fails." - David Hillman Food for thought...
Ugh. It looks even worse in real life. And the inside pages are purposefully undesigned; Top photo, headline and 2 column text box. Ecomist, you have so much to answer for!...