Why We Launched the Print Renaissance

Four years ago, in the spring of 2021, we launched the first print edition of Palladium Magazine with PALLADIUM 01: Governance Futurism. Since then, we have published eighteen more print editions containing some of the most influential and groundbreaking essays written this decade, luxuriously packaged and accentuated with beautiful, haunting art. When we announced 01, the reaction from many people was skepticism—who launches a magazine in the internet age? But, as 2025 nears its end, a growing list of otherwise-online publications and organizations have followed our lead and begun issuing physical copies of their own works, including magazines ranging from Arena Magazine to Works in Progress. Since it was Palladium that sparked this new wave of print media, it is worth explaining why we did it and why we continue to support the printed page. Every quarterly print edition of Palladium features up to to ten of our best long-form essays, interviews, and on-the-ground reports, some previo

Four years ago, in the spring of 2021, we launched the first print edition of Palladium Magazine with PALLADIUM 01: Governance Futurism. Since then, we have published eighteen more print editions containing some of the most influential and groundbreaking essays written this decade, luxuriously packaged and accentuated with beautiful, haunting art. When we announced 01, the reaction from many people was skepticism—who launches a magazine in the internet age? But, as 2025 nears its end, a growing list of otherwise-online publications and organizations have followed our lead and begun issuing phy