Editions A1, A2, A3 & A4: this cover starring Tera Patrick

Richardson magazine is a coffee-table showstopper and that is where I first encountered it, next to the art and fashion mags on the reception area coffee table of one of London’s most durable graphic stylists. To say that Richardson’s signals were provocatively mixed would be selling it short. From a first glance at its cover, it was clear that it offered an unusual fusion of art, luxury, editorial ambition and porn.