Alien Magazine is an independent publication which “explores, twists and pushes the boundaries of the understanding of what an alien is. In a series of visual/written essays, interviews or investigative reports, it invites citizens, no matter their shape, size, color, profession, political party, creed, belief, nation, planet to rethink social norms and labels.” Aliens have been alienated despite all their efforts to fit in, so the design of the magazine alludes to these dichotomies and plays on contrasts: the display typeface Avara is a classic serif font with rough edges; the paper for the cover — Arjowiggins' Curious Matter collection — has a rough, strange and almost unwelcome touch whereas the selection of papers in the interior are soft to the touch and to the eyes; traditional blocks of text are visually cut by freely curved lines of text which want to be seen, albeit sometimes unreadable, etc. The same logic was applied to the website, which uses simple scroll features and breaks these with unusual functionalities.

Editor: Lisa H. Moura