In the early 60s British magazines took on a new ‘black and white’ style. Magazines such as Queen, Vogue and Nova used new techniques of photolithography to bend, twist and stretch type around pictures on the page.

A new type of magazine was the Sunday Colour Supplement launched in 1962 that was sold with The Sunday Times. Three years later The Observer launched their own supplemental magazine. These supplements were devoted to making the consumer familiar to new goods, through glossy advertisements or editorial features.

Psychedelic magazines like The International Times, first published in 1966 and Oz, launched the following year, catered to the idealistic, anti-establishment counter-culture.

Last updated: June 01, 2003

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