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YWD is a destination wedding and lifestyle magazine and online publication. With engaging editorial, stunning photography, compelling graphics, and contributions by the industry’s finest, YWD provides our discriminating readers—brides and grooms, their parents, and their wedding professionals—with innovative and elegant ideas as well as a full complement of resources to make their wedding day a stylish occasion.

With a low advertising ratio—over 60 percent editorial—YWD’s pages are a visual feast and the best reading to be found among wedding publications. Published twice annually since 2003—each issue presented with two distinct seasonal covers—YWD explores the wedding traditions through feature articles of a unique expression. Our writers explore new trends and ideas in bridal fashion, wedding venues, event design, catering, cake artistry, floral design, invitations and stationery, hair and makeup, photography, filmmaking, gift registry, rehearsal dinners, honeymoon locations, life and flair, and much more. Our photographers breathe style into the editorial through bold and unique images, keeping YWD fresh and modern while setting new standards for the bridal industry.

Their smart, sexy, confident readers are redefining every area of their lives, living in a totally different way than their mothers did. They reflect this in every part of the magazine, with empowering, friendly and fun editorial in all they key areas: fashion, beauty, health, decor, food and travel.

From sexy, glamourous clothes and savvy beauty know-how to stylish homes and delicious food, their features will inspire you to live the life you want!

For 15 years, readers have turned to Surface for creative inspiration, coverage of the burgeoning design world, and profiles of the emerging designers and provocative projects that are reshaping the creative landscape. With this ability to identify and collaborate with undiscovered talent—from furniture makers to fashion designers—the magazine acts as a cultural barometer of global style in all its forms. With an international team headquartered in New York, the magazine is constantly expanding its ability to identify, celebrate and support the artists and ideas that connect the present with the future. Surface is the definitive American source for engaging, curated content covering all that is inventive and compelling in the design world. Surface is published six times a year and is owned by Quadra Media, LLC.