Starworks Group Welcomes High Gloss to the Digital Design World
Last week, High Gloss magazine joined the ranks of a growing list of online shelter publications, a digital space design world that includes title like Lonny, Rue and Ivy & Piper. Founded by one of our favorite design bloggers, Paloma Contreras of the popular blog La Dolce Vita, the High Gloss Team also includes editor Erin Gates of Elements of Style, editor and stylist Shannon Wollack of Life.Style., editor and director of advertising Kyle Knight of Knight Moves, editor and stationer Lauren Rauter of Rock Paper Scissors, and art director Ashley Steen of Orchard 11.
The bimonthly publication features colorful, photo-heavy pages crafted by the High Gloss Team, special contributors, and some serious photographers (our friend Grey Crawford shot interiors for their first issue!). The interactive mag’s clickable pages allow you to easily buy while you read – so no more turning down page corners or placing sticky notes next to products you’ll never go back to. Instead, you can simply click on any of the items featured within the magazines’ collage-like pages, and you’ll be re-directed to the product’s site for an instant buy. How dangerous!
What’s also dangerous is the potential threat that these online magazines pose to the endangered category of shelter pubs like ELLE Décor, Traditional Home, House Beautiful and Architectural Digest. Thankfully, though, it seems the two worlds are finding a way to unite; design freaks likes us are eagerly awaiting the launch of “Trad Home” this spring, an online design mag created by the mutual efforts of Traditional Home (print) and the trailblazing Lonny (online). We’re also pumped that Trad Home will name Lauren and Sasha one of their 20 “New Traditionals” in its first issue.
So what’s our verdict? We are huge fans of the beautifully-done new High Gloss and can’t wait for the next issue. It must be said, however, that while our excitement for this new online design world is obvious, we’re certain that we will be keeping our subscriptions to classics like Architectural Digest, ELLE Décor (and the rest of the gang) for years to come.








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