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OZ Magazine(1967-1973) 

Based in:London

Frequency: Monthly

Founder:Richard Neville, Martin Sharp, Jim Anderson

Editor Concept: The magazine regularly enraged the British establishment with a range of left-field stories including heavy critical coverage of the Vietnam War and the anti-war movement, discussions of drugs, sex, and alternative lifestyles, and contentious political stories, such as the magazine’s revelations about the torture of citizens under the rule of the military junta in Greece.

Audience:Feminist,Politically radical,Female writer.

Design aesthetic:The bright primary colors and simple typography matching the brilliantly directed photography. Their bold black and white typography alongside vivid imagery remains influential today

Editor: Richard Neville,Jim Anderson,later Felix Dennis

The challenge to existing conservative ideologies was emerging bold visual theme, go beyond time

  • Pean for the ideals of the hippie movement 
  • Freedom of expression
  • Question established norms of the period

The challenge to existing conservative ideologies was emerging

1960s counterculture

-counterculture 

-Audience 1960s 

-Streets of Sydney 

  • the bold visual theme, go beyond time
  • Pean for the ideals of the hippie movement 
  • Freedom of expression
  • Question established norms of the period 

Energized by the optimism of the era, Richard gave oz an eclectic imaginative breadth

Pioneering internationalism 

An opposition to prejudice

Steadfast value of tolerance and freedom 

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