{"id":14255,"date":"2011-02-26T01:18:46","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T00:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/?p=14255"},"modified":"2011-02-26T01:18:46","modified_gmt":"2011-02-26T00:18:46","slug":"about-westeast-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/bkblog\/about-westeast-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"About WestEast Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_14257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14257\" style=\"width: 380px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14257\" href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/2011\/02\/26\/about-westeast-magazine\/issue-31\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14257\" title=\"Issue 31\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Issue-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"504\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9WestEst Magazine<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThere have been several contestants from our Benjamin Kanarek Blog-WestEast Magazine Fashion-Beauty Photography Contest who have asked or made queries in to WestEast Magazine&#8217;s background.\u00a0 Here is some information about WestEast taken from their Press Kit.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>About WestEast MAGAZINE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWest fuses with East. East meets West. W.E. is a new breed of Style Culture\/Design<br \/>\nboutique magazine that brings the best of two worlds together. It appeals to readers who<br \/>\nare both influential and affluent, global in vision and yet individual in taste. W.E. aims to<br \/>\ncapture the innovative and the inspirational with special focus on the Asian metropolis,<br \/>\nand present them through bold design and sophisticated concepts. Anything but a<br \/>\nghettoized ethnic magazine. W.E. initiates our readers in to a hybrid world of the future.<br \/>\nAs all things Asian increase in global influence across areas of lifestyle, design, fashion<br \/>\nentertainment, culture and philosophy, a premier culture and lifestyle guide in timely due.<br \/>\nW.E. features the modern, creative and diverse selection of talents in Asia that are<br \/>\nvisionary, provocative and sense enriching. The focus is Asia, but the approach is<br \/>\ninternational.<br \/>\nBringing together both emerging and iconoclastic creators and contributors<br \/>\nfrom around the world, in fields of photography, graphic design, fashion entertainment<br \/>\nand media. W.E. offers an unique editorial attitude and original design concept. Our<br \/>\naesthetics is versatile and witty, with no want of sophistication. W.E. advocate a new<br \/>\nattitude towards life in 21st century. That is, to globalize the regional and individualize<br \/>\nthe universal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_14276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14276\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14276\" href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/2011\/02\/26\/about-westeast-magazine\/issue-25-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14276 \" title=\"Issue 25 (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Issue-25-2-574x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"606\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 WestEast Magazine<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Awards and Achievements<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nSince its debut at the end of 2001, WestEast Magazine (W.E.) has attracted much<br \/>\nattention and received a large amount of support from around the world. During the<br \/>\nprevious years, W.E. have been pleased to be recognised and to receive some highly<br \/>\nprestigious awards and honours for our unique concept and our aspirations to share the<br \/>\nbeauty of the Orient with the world. W.E. are very grateful for these awards because<br \/>\nthey represent the satisfaction of our readers and serve as encouragement to us to bring<br \/>\nthe best of the two worlds closer together.<br \/>\nPremier Print Awards 2009<br \/>\n\u2010 Best of Category from Printing Industries of Amercia, Inc.<br \/>\nThe Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) 2008 Award for Editorial Excellence (May<br \/>\n2008)<br \/>\n\u2010 Excellence in Magazine Design (WestEast Magazine)<br \/>\n\u2010 Excellence in Magazine Front Cover Design (WestEast China)<br \/>\nAsia Media Awards 2007 Award for Best in Design Award (May 2007)<br \/>\n\u2010 Best in Magazine Cover Design<br \/>\n\u2010 Best in Magazine Overall Design<br \/>\nThe Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) 2006 Award for Editorial Excellence<br \/>\n(May 2006)<br \/>\n&#8211; Excellence in Magazine Front Cover<br \/>\nThe Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) 2005 Award for Editorial Excellence<br \/>\n(June 2005)<br \/>\n&#8211; Excellence in Magazine Front Cover<br \/>\nThe Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) 2004 Award for Editorial Excellence<br \/>\n(June 2004)<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14277\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14277\" href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/2011\/02\/26\/about-westeast-magazine\/issue-27\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14277\" title=\"Issue 27\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Issue-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"604\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 WestEast Magazine<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&#8211; Honourable Mention for Excellence in Magazines<br \/>\nThe Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) 2003 Award for Editorial Excellence<br \/>\n(June 2003)<br \/>\n&#8211; Excellence in Magazines<br \/>\n&#8211; Excellence in Magazine Design<br \/>\n&#8211; Best Magazine Front Cover<br \/>\n&#8211; Best Special Issue or Special Section<br \/>\n&#8211; Honourable Mention for Best Feature Photography<br \/>\n&#8211; Honourable Mention for Best Special Issue or Special Section<br \/>\nThree of the Best \u201cOpen Your Eyes to the World\u201d Independent Style Magazines<br \/>\n(May 2003)<br \/>\n&#8211; Voted by Institute of Contemporary Arts, London<br \/>\nHong Kong Print Awards (September 2002)<br \/>\n&#8211; Merit in Magazine Printing<br \/>\n10 Most \u201cIn\u201d Magazines on the Planet (October 2002)<br \/>\n&#8211; CB News, France<br \/>\n40 Best \u201cTrend\u201d Magazines in the World (2002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; The Style Press by Zenith OptiMedia, France<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Photo Contest\" href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/2011\/01\/24\/the-benjamin-kanarek-blog-west-east-magazine-fashion-beauty-photography-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><strong>The Contest<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been several contestants from our Benjamin Kanarek Blog-WestEast Magazine Fashion-Beauty Photography Contest who have asked or made queries in to WestEast Magazine&#8217;s background.\u00a0 Here is some information about WestEast taken from their Press Kit. About WestEast MAGAZINE West fuses with East. East meets West. W.E. is a new breed of Style Culture\/Design boutique magazine that brings the best of two worlds together. It appeals to readers who are both influential and affluent, global in vision and yet individual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[32,777,773],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paG8MM-3HV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20347,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/bkblog\/winners-benjamin-kanarek-blog-westeast-fashion-beauty-photography-contest-published-westeast-magazine\/","url_meta":{"origin":14255,"position":0},"title":"Winners of the Benjamin Kanarek Blog-WestEast Fashion &amp; Beauty Photography Contest Get Published","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"August 26, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"We are pleased to share the publication of the winning images of the Benjamin Kanarek Blog-WestEast Fashion & Beauty Photography Contest in the Summer issue of WestEast Magazine that just come out and now available on newsstands.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;BKBlog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"BKBlog","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/category\/bkblog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Photography-by-Regen-Chen-Fashion-Photo-Contest-Benjamin-Kanarek-Blog-WestEast-Magazine-560x739.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Photography-by-Regen-Chen-Fashion-Photo-Contest-Benjamin-Kanarek-Blog-WestEast-Magazine-560x739.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Photography-by-Regen-Chen-Fashion-Photo-Contest-Benjamin-Kanarek-Blog-WestEast-Magazine-560x739.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16797,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/bkblog\/benjamin-kanarek-blog-westeast-magazine-photo-contest-now-closed\/","url_meta":{"origin":14255,"position":1},"title":"Benjamin Kanarek Blog WestEast Magazine Photo Contest Now Closed","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"May 8, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"We wish to announce that the Benjamin Kanarek Blog WestEast Magazine Fashion Photo Contest Now Officially Closed.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;BKBlog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"BKBlog","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/category\/bkblog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Issue-31.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17328,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/bkblog\/winners-westeast-magazine-benjamin-kanarek-blog-fashion-beauty-photography-contest\/","url_meta":{"origin":14255,"position":2},"title":"Winners of the WestEast Magazine-Benjamin Kanarek Blog Fashion-Beauty Photography Contest","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"May 11, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I am pleased to announce the Winners of the WestEast Benjamin Kanarek Blog Fashion-Beauty Photography Contest","rel":"","context":"In &quot;BKBlog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"BKBlog","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/category\/bkblog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Regen-Chen-Neil-Snape-\u00c2\u00a92011.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17464,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/bkblog\/final-cut-westeast-magazine-benjamin-kanarek-blog-fashion-beauty-photography-contest\/","url_meta":{"origin":14255,"position":3},"title":"Final Cut WestEast Magazine-Benjamin Kanarek Blog Fashion-Beauty Photography Contest","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"May 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"As promised, we have compiled a list of the finalists in the WestEast Magazine-Benjamin Kanarek Blog Fashion-Beauty Photography Contest. 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