The most beautiful of the turn-of-the-century magazines was the Vienna Secession's elegant , published from 1898 until 1903. A continuously changing editorial staff, design responsibility handled by a rotating committee of artists, and unpaid contributions of art and design were all focused on experimentation and graphic excellence. The publication was more of a design laboratory than a magazine and enabled designers to experiment with innovative graphics as they explored the merger of text, illustration, and ornament into a lively unity.