Showing Curaçao at its best // from 2006 till 2012
Cpost was a Dutch online or electronic magazine with awe-inspiring photos, colourful stories, positive news and interesting facts about Curaçao for all Dutch-reading Curaçao lovers.
Design // Online magazine Cpost
Publishing an online magazine with awe-inspiring photos, colourful stories, positive news of Curaçao.
From e-letter to e-magazine
Initially, Cpost was a simple e-letter to the customers of webshop books.an to inform them of new available products. Written and created by Elodie Heloise and me.
Cpost meant “you’ve got mail from Curaçao”
The name Cpost referred to Curaçao ‘post’ (Dutch for mail) and the Dutch word ‘zeepost’, sea or surface mail. In the old days, before fax and e-mail were invented, mail from the Caribbean islands to Europe were sent by airmail or sea mail. Airmail was faster (5 days) but also far more expensive. Therefore airmail letters were one or two thin, translucent letter pads, specifically designed to be as lightweight as possible. Packages, large letters and photographs were sent by sea mail. It took 4 – 5 weeks to receive such a long-awaited letter.
The team behind Cpost
From October 2006 to June 2012, it was put together by Elodie and me with the help of an enthusiastic team of Curaçao professionals.
Without paid ads. Curaçao lovers could subscribe via e-mail for free. Everyone who contributed to magazine Cpost cooperated selflessly. Just for the fun of it.
Curaçao magazine and Curaçao blog
When the e-letter became an e-magazine, the team behind Cpost became bigger. Plenty Curaçao lovers contributed to magazine Cpost. And plenty Curaçao lovers subscribed to the magazine. In 2012, Cpost had more than 4.000 e-mail subscriptions and followers on social media.
Besides the online magazine, positive news articles and announcements of expositions and events were regularly posted on Cpost’s Curaçao Blog.
Portfolio // Online magazine Cpost 2007 – 2010
From February 2007 till April 2010 the colourful online magazine was published every two months. The online magazine was build in HTML.
Portfolio // Online magazine Cpost 2010 – 2012
From October 2010 till June 2012 the colourful online magazine was published every three months. It was build with WordPress.
Portfolio // Screenshots of online magazine Cpost March and June 2012
Colophon online magazine Cpost
Initiators: Elodie Heloise and Irèn Nooren
Contributors: Susanne van Sambeeck, Roy Evers, Charlotte Doornhein, Theo Reichgelt, Ken Joel Brito, Maria Muller, Olivier Constant, Pien, Junice Augusta, Bea Moedt, and many others.
Webdesign by Irèn Nooren, Samantha de Vries and Nicole Jongebloed
Used fonts on frontpage 2007 – 2010: VAG Rounded // designed by Gerry Barney
Used body fonts: Trebuchet MS // designed by Vincent Connare