Lovers Magazine

What Lovers Magazine does

Lovers Magazine is a content platform operating as a sub-brand of Spaces, a privately held talent label organized under Wyoming law. The publication catalogs in-depth interviews with designers, creative directors, illustrators, and engineers at technology companies including Netflix, Google, Instagram, Amazon, Spotify, GitHub, Stripe, Notion, and Flodesk, with a published library of 626+ interviews. Beyond editorial, Lovers Magazine functions as the top-of-funnel channel for the broader SPACES ecosystem, which includes Scout (curated recruitment for full-time, freelance, and fractional roles), Studios (free matchmaking with independent product studios), Culture (employer branding and storytelling), Pulse (weekly newsletter for product leaders), and the Talent Label representation program. The platform does not operate proprietary technology; its core asset is the curated content corpus and the talent network it cultivates.

The company runs a community-led go-to-market motion in which editorial content and social distribution (website, newsletter, Instagram, X/Twitter, Spotify Mixes playlists) build a vetted network of creative professionals that downstream Scout, Studios, Culture, and Talent Label monetize through representation and matchmaking services. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and no pricing models are listed; revenue is characterized as recurring subscription-style talent representation and recruitment services. Distribution is global via digital channels, with no stated geographic restrictions, and a broad roster of named hiring partners including Airbnb, Apple, Adobe, Meta, Microsoft, Stripe, Google, Figma, and Webflow indicates wide employer-side reach. Ownership is founder-led with no disclosed institutional investors, no funding rounds, and no M&A activity in the source material.

Name

Lovers Magazine

Legal name

Spaces

Website

https://spaces.is

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lovers Magazine is a content platform and sub-brand of Spaces that publishes 626+ interviews with designers and engineers at top tech companies, serving as the top-of-funnel channel for the SPACES talent representation, recruitment, and studio matchmaking ecosystem.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Design & Creative Content Publication

NAICS

Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (711510), Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (7114)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Science, Technology & Gaming Magazines (MPAJAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Arts, Culture & Literary Magazines (MPAJAEAN)

Keywords

• Design content publication
• Creative talent interviews
• Talent recruitment platform
• Designer community
• Employer branding media

Headquarters

HQ city

Sheridan

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Talent Representation & Recruitment Services: Lovers Magazine operates as part of the SPACES talent ecosystem. Through curated content showcasing designers and engineers, it cultivates a network of talent that feeds into Scout (recruitment services) and Studios (studio matchmaking), creating indirect revenue through talent representation and matching services. The platform positions itself as a bridge connecting extraordinary talent with meaningful opportunities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lovers Magazine is an online design stories publication featuring 626+ in-depth interviews with creative professionals — including product designers, brand designers, illustrators, engineers, and creative directors — from companies such as Netflix, Google, Instagram, Amazon, Spotify, and Stripe. It operates as the flagship content platform within the SPACES talent ecosystem, publishing interview-driven stories and curated Spotify 'Mixes' playlists to attract and engage the modern creative community.

Product overview

SPACES is a talent label ecosystem comprising multiple interconnected products. Lovers Magazine serves as the flagship content platform featuring 626+ design interviews with creatives from top tech companies. Scout provides curated talent recruitment services for companies seeking designers and engineers. Culture enables employer branding through team storytelling. Studios offers studio matchmaking for creative partnerships. Pulse delivers a newsletter on creative talent and tech trends. Talent Label represents designers and engineers for career opportunities. The products are designed to work together, with Lovers Magazine cultivating a talent network that feeds into Scout and other hiring solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Scout: Talent recruitment service connecting companies with vetted designers and engineers.
• Culture
• Studios
• Pulse
• Talent Label

Products and services

• Lovers Magazine An online design stories publication featuring 626+ in-depth interviews with creative professionals (product designers, brand designers, illustrators, engineers, creative directors) from leading technology companies such as Netflix, Google, Instagram, Amazon, Spotify, and Stripe. Aimed at the modern creative community for inspiration, career insight, and connection.
• Scout A recruitment service connecting companies with vetted designers and engineers from a curated network cultivated through Lovers Magazine. Offers curated recommendations, employer branding through Culture, and hiring partnerships for full-time, freelance, and fractional roles.
• Culture An employer-branding and storytelling platform that helps companies showcase their team, vision, values, and work to attract top creative talent through behind-the-scenes narratives.
• Studios A network of independent product studios for connecting companies with creative partners, showcasing studio projects and matching companies with studios.
• Pulse Newsletter A weekly newsletter for product leaders that surfaces creative talent, new jobs, and tech trends, and explores stories shaping culture, design, and emerging tech.
• Talent Label A talent representation program for designers and engineers, supporting both short-term gigs and long-term roles by providing career support and connecting talent with opportunities through the SPACES network.

Quantifiable outcome

• 626 creative professional interviews published
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Designboom: Long-running online design magazine publishing interviews and features with leading designers and creative professionals, serving as a comparable editorial-led brand in the design publication category.
• Communication Arts: Established trade publication covering design, advertising, and creative fields with features and interviews; comparable as a design-focused publication though with a more traditional professional-creative editorial angle.
• It's Nice That: Design and creative publication featuring interviews, profiles, and projects — directly comparable to Lovers Magazine as a content-led platform championing modern creatives with similar editorial format and audience overlap.
• The Creative Independent: Publication offering in-depth interviews with creative professionals across disciplines; shares Lovers Magazine's interview-driven editorial model and creative-audience targeting.
• Offscreen Magazine: Independent print and digital publication featuring interviews with designers, developers, and tech creators — directly comparable audience and long-form creator interview format.

Broad incumbents

• Behance: Adobe-owned creative portfolio platform used by designers to showcase work and by employers to source talent; overlaps with the talent-discovery and portfolio dimension of the SPACES ecosystem.
• Dribbble: Large design community and hiring platform showcasing creative portfolios and connecting designers with employers; comparable in serving both designers seeking visibility and companies hiring creative talent, though at significantly larger scale.
• AIGA (Eye on Design): AIGA's design publication (Eye on Design) features interviews, essays, and features on designers; comparable content format combined with a professional association infrastructure well beyond Lovers Magazine's scale.

Emerging players

• Arenas (Are.na): Creative community platform for collecting inspiration and connecting with other creatives; overlaps with Lovers Magazine's community-and-inspiration role for designers, though Are.na focuses more on research-book curation.
• Sidebar.io: Curated design newsletter and jobs board for designers; covers adjacent functions to Lovers Magazine's content and Pulse newsletter, with a stronger explicit jobs marketplace angle.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/loversmagazine
• Instagraminstagram.com/loversmagazine_
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/loversmagazine

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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