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A stack of mint green magazines with the title “NICHONS” and the subtitle “NOUS DANS L’INTERNET”. The cover features a photo of two people looking down at a smartphone.

Boobs, the internet and the relationship between the two explored in a smart new French magazine

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Date
21 October 2014

If all the magazines and small publications that used the internet as their subject matter were dumped on your head it’d be curtains for you – there’s bloody loads of them. Some, like Offscreen, deal with the people that make digital culture happen and try to bring these unsung heroes out from behind their screens into the RGB limelight, others, like French publication Nichons – Nous Dans l’Internet (Tits – We In The Internet) are more conceptually-minded, analysing and assessing the social and cultural phenomena brought about by the ubiquity of technology.

Through essays, interviews, photo essays and illustration they attempt to make sense of all the madness we get up to on the internet – all in print form. As a French-language publication we must confess to not having fully grasped all of the editorial content (we’re assured that the title is a clever play on both the French slang for breast, and the word niche), but as a piece of design their sophomore issue looks like a belter. Go forth French-speaking techno-geeks, and check it out!

An open magazine spread featuring a grid of articles with French headlines and small accompanying images. The layout is minimalist, using a clean white background with black typography and a mix of geometric shapes and photographs.
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Nichons – Nous Dans l’Internet Issue 2

An open book showing a black and white layout. The left page contains blocks of text and three redacted messages, while the right page features a portrait of a person wearing a baseball cap, looking down at a phone.
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Nichons – Nous Dans l’Internet Issue 2

A black and white illustration across a two-page book spread. Stylised, geometric shapes form a landscape of towers, palm trees and buildings.
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Nichons – Nous Dans l’Internet Issue 2

An open book shows a close-up portrait of a person’s face across two pages. The image is split down the centre, with the two halves slightly misaligned.
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Nichons – Nous Dans l’Internet Issue 2

An open magazine spread. The left page features a line drawing of a diamond above the text “Such bijoux” and “very Internet”. The right page shows a close-up of a person wearing a gold earring and a fluffy orange faux-fur coat.
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Nichons – Nous Dans l’Internet Issue 2

An open book shows a photograph across two pages. A gold, cursive sculpture that reads “Internet” rests on a pale surface against a bright yellow background.
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Nichons – Nous Dans l’Internet Issue 2

An open book with a minimalist layout. The left page features a bold red headline that reads “Sur Internet, les fétiches paradent”.
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Nichons – Nous Dans l’Internet Issue 2

An open book with pale pink pages. Each page features a large black oval containing the word “into” in a bold, lowercase sans-serif typeface, surrounded by columns of small French text.
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Nichons – Nous Dans l’Internet Issue 2

An open magazine spread featuring a collage of photographs on white pages. Images include a close-up of feet in light blue socks, a person wearing sunglasses, and a CD on a red surface.
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Nichons – Nous Dans l’Internet Issue 2

An open book shows a two-page spread. The left page features a gradient grey square with the bold white text “LES OMBRES DU NET”.
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Nichons – Nous Dans l’Internet Issue 2

An open magazine spread featuring a black and white photograph of a person looking over a ledge. A large headline reads “Hélène : « Internet n’est pas une flânerie, c’est un outil. »” alongside columns of French text and a smaller image of a person's hands.
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Nichons – Nous Dans l’Internet Issue 2

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About the Author

James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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