{"id":177637,"date":"2026-02-24T06:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/177637\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T06:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:59:16","slug":"this-ultra-cool-magazine-and-art-book-shop-celebrates-all-things-print","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/177637\/","title":{"rendered":"This Ultra-Cool Magazine and Art Book Shop Celebrates All Things Print"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Downtown isn\u2019t exactly built for an unhurried pace. But <a href=\"https:\/\/tomomags.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TOMO mags<\/a>, an independent magazine and art book shop on Brazos Street, aims to change the city\u2019s frenetic tempo. Vico Puentes launched TOMO mags a decade ago in Houston inside a restored school bus\u2014a mobile shop that still roams Austin today. What began as a mission to bring \u201ccool magazines to people\u201d has evolved into a deeply intentional pursuit. \u201cIt\u2019s about creating a space where people can slow down, engage, and actually do something with their inspiration,\u201d says Puentes, who helps shoppers discover items that align with their passions. Inside his ultramarine blue store, shelves overflow with curated titles, architecture journals, rare Spanish-language publications, books, and stationery. To encourage lingering, Cielito Lindo Caf\u00e9, a family-owned Latin coffee shop, serves horchata lattes while visitors sketch and jot notes. \u201cPeople are realizing magazines can actually calm the noise of digital life,\u201d Puentes says. By trading the algorithm for physical paper, TOMO mags gives Austin a place to pause, flip pages, and leave with something unexpected in hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Downtown isn\u2019t exactly built for an unhurried pace. But TOMO mags, an independent magazine and art book shop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-177637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}