ReadyMade

Product Description

Product Description

ReadyMade is the only do-it-yourself (DIY)/lifestyle magazine for young people. It entertains and informs through DIY projects for fast-evolving lifestyles.

Product Description

ReadyMade is the only do-it-yourself (DIY)/lifestyle magazine for young people. It entertains and informs through DIY projects for fast-evolving lifestyles.

Product Details

• Format: Magazine
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Publisher: Meredith
• ASIN: B00006KULE
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
This magazine subscription is provided by Meredith Corporation

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

105 of 114 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars hit or miss magazine, good luck with your subscription, January 18, 2005

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James Roche "cooljames" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ReadyMade (Magazine)

The magazine is hit or miss. Sometimes I'm like "Wow", other times I'm like "duh". They're about 1 "Wow" and 2 "duh"s for me, even though I bought a year subscription a little less than a year ago. [...]

My advice? Skim it on the newsstand and buy it if you see something compelling. The spirit of the magazine is awesome. The content of the magazine is usually OK, sometimes good, never awesome. If you see something you like, sort of like if you see a good recipe while browsing for cookbooks, pick it up.

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248 of 277 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This magazine is like sex. Sometime you blow her mind, most of the time she falls asleep unsatisfied., April 30, 2008

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Adam S. Johnson (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ready Made (2-year) (Magazine)

SOMETIMES this magazine is full of so much awesomeness cover to cover. The projects are really cool and explained really well.

MOST of the time, however, this magazine is TOTALLY LAME. Most of the projects are made from junk and they look like they were made by a homeless person. "Oh, cool. You made a fruit bowl out of construction netting. What a neat and thrifty idea for a college student. Too bad you're 35 and haven't been in college in 12 years. You're apartment looks like a thrift store. No wonder you're still single."

If I have to read one more article about how Readymade has been a "green" magazine for x number of years before it got trendy I'm going to order 500 subscriptions and cut all of them up into tiny pieces and DUMP IT ALL IN THE OCEAN.

Most of the projects are made from modified IKEA products. Well, the closest IKEA is 4 hours away, and their shipping prices are through the roof. Thanks for that USELESS ARTICLE on how to make a (insert energy/water saving trendy thing here) out of a crappy bookcase.

Also, WHY ARE THERE ALBUM REVIEWS?!?!? AND CRAPPY ELITIST INDIE MUSIC AT THAT! PETER, BJORN, AND JOHN ARE NOT GOING TO INCREASE MY ABILITY TO INSTALL A TRAP DOOR IN MY KITCHEN!!!

64 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Vapid Hipster Fashion Show, January 24, 2008

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J. Clark (Fairfax, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ReadyMade (Magazine)

If pictures of highly-manicured but seemingly rough-hewn hipsters building trashy looking furniture from pre-built components is your thing, then you have found the ultimate magazine. If however, you want some real insight into, well anything, then look elsewhere.

Each month when my issue arrives I look through it, cover-to-cover for about 5 minutes (usually while sitting on the toilet), and then toss it in the recycling bin. I can not wait until my subscription expires.