Inside the kid magazine: Anorak, Internazionale Kids, Zeit Leo

Cathy Olmedillas is the founder/creative director of The Anorak Press, publishers of Anorak Magazine and DOT. In 2006, she launched the ground-breaking internationally acclaimed happy mag for kids, Anorak, when she couldn't find a fun, educational and collectable magazine to read with her son 

Martina Recchiuti is Editor-in-Chief of Internazionale, where she has worked since 1995. She is in charge of Internazionale Kids, the monthly kids’ magazine started in 2019 containing articles, games and comics from the best children’s journals around the world. Before that, she worked on the technology, web and social media side of the business. In 2015, Martina held a TedX on magazines and new technology. She translated the graphic novel “Fun home” by Alison Bechdel (Rizzoli 2007) and authored the book “A spasso sul Google taxi” (Cooper 2005). 

Kai Schmitzer is a German Graphic designer based in Hamburg. After graduating from the academy of fine arts Nuremberg in 2013 she spent a couple of years working in branding and design.

After moving to Hamburg in 2018 she developed her passion for editorial design. Having gained experience working with multiple publications she joined the staff of Die Zeit.

In 2019 she took over the Art Direction at the kids magazine ZEIT Leo. She developed a new visual concept that was part of the recent success of the title.

Art directing the illustration driven magazine, she believes the trinity of bold colors, playful layouts and strong concepts has the power to move young readers' hearts (and her’s).