Archinect is no stranger to print, having produced Bracket every couple years or so since the inaugural issue in 2010. Regardless, Archinect is making a big deal about Ed, the new quarterly print publication it describes as "an experiment in how to evolve architectural publishing." Archinect founder Paul Petrunia further describes Ed as "a hybrid publication ... [that] will charge forward into new territory while taking inspiration and elaborating on trends from Archinect?s dedicated community of participants and contributors." Starting with the first issue that was just released, each Ed will have its own theme and unique graphic design.

Ed 1, under Editor in Chief Nicholas Korody and designer Folder Studio, is themed "The Architecture of Architecture," which immediately brings to mind the theme of the first Chicago Architecture Biennial, "The State of the Art of Architecture," at least in name and being fairly open-ended. Korody's introduction describes architecture as "always plural and always contested" and the issue as "a self-portrait of the discipline and the profession." Petrunia's and Korody's words combine to paint some pretty ambitious goals; although I don't doubt their ambition, it's hard to grasp clearly where the "new territory" lies or if the publication says more about (the architecture of) architecture than other publications, print or otherwise.
Korody describes Ed 1 as &q...