DEK takes its name from a journalism term — the dek (or deck) is the subheadline beneath a story's main title, the line that tells you what you are about to read before you read it. It is an apt name for a publication that is interested in the mechanics of storytelling: how narratives are constructed, how images communicate, and how the relationship between words and pictures creates meaning that neither could achieve alone.
The magazine covers photography, fashion, and contemporary culture with a meta-awareness of its own medium — a publication that is as interested in how stories are told as in the stories themselves. The design is confident and considered, and the editorial voice is informed by a genuine understanding of how print media works as a creative form.
For readers who care about the craft of magazine-making as much as the content, DEK offers something rare: a publication that takes its own form as seriously as its subjects.