What people say about us
Issue #5
“Meantime turns personal stories into lasting cultural artefacts that invite people to hold, feel, and remember.” — Vogue Singapore
“To add to its already distinctive nature, it is also always brilliantly designed – which only makes it that much more enjoyable.” — do you read me?!
“Always a cool intervention with the print…” — Athenaeum Niewscentrum
“A visually-rich magazine… Every issue has a physical surprise.” — magCulture
Issue #4
“A hilarious cut! It's their trademark. I adore them for this.”
“They keep pushing the boundaries of what we expect a magazine to look like. And they clearly have fun doing it. Absolutely in love!”
“One of my favourite titles from the last years.”
“...a warm and characterful magazine that paints a totally original picture of Singapore and its history.”
“[An] incredibly creative title...wonderful format...a little bit naughty...unconventional...it's a magazine but in a completely new shape.”
“Meantime magazine explores the seven deadly sins in rebellious form.”
“Among the most well-regarded names in the Singapore zine community now...best known for its shape-shifting.”
Issue #2
“An ambitious celebration of the magazine form... A publication that has to be held to be fully understood."
“Absolutely beautiful! Love the theme on ghosts... so many different interpretations of the word.”
“Stunningly made... Wonderfully spooky!”
“This is a magazine haunted by lost lives, and lost time.”
“An editorial project we learn to wait like a child waiting for a chocolate egg.”
“A surprise on each page.”
— Time Out
Issue #3
“It’s all very mad and very fun.”
“Personal, incredibly aesthetically-pleasing…”
“What a cover!”
“This little gem from Singapore is so delicious that someone has already taken a big bite.”
“On every single page, there is something that attracts your eye.”
“We are what we artifact, and scarcely can a digital entity replace the feel-able, flippable time stamp of a book. Whether future civilizations will refer to it as a zine or not, Meantime is focused on the convergence of history and now.”
Issue #1
“A love letter to Singapore and its people, and a beautiful and touching piece of print.”
“Bringing a personal narrative to history… evoking emotion and human experience… Plus check out that cover!”
“An editorial product you fall in love at first sight.”
“A publication about looking back on the past and making something eternal out of the ephemeral.”
“Mixing different types of paper… and many printed surprises along the way, this magazine is just as beautiful as the stories it tells.”
“We simply couldn’t put it down! It’s equal parts literature and art.”