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31/07/2024

What I'm Reading: Eye magazine, issue 106, Type Special Issue. Published annually (more or less) in the UK, Eye is "The International Review of Graphic Design," and is a joyous visual treat. Editor John L. Walters, art director Simon Esterson, and art editor Holly Catford have produced a delightful ode to modern type and typography, with lots of big, beautiful font and letter samples, some deep history, and lots and lots of super cool type nerdery. And it's all wrapped up in a brilliant package. This is smart magazine making from front to back and it's relentless in its smartness. Essential for anyone who loves type, visuals, and graphic design. You will learn and be inspired. https://www.eyemagazine.com/

31/07/2024

NY Talk, mid-1980s. Cover photograph by Robert Longo, design director: Mark Michaelson.

29/07/2024

Ms. magazine, August 1975. On the cover: Pam Grier.

28/07/2024

What I'm Reading: Flow, Book for Paper Lovers (2024). This is the eighth annual paper special issue published (in English) by Netherlands-based Flow magazine. As the cover says, it's over 300 pages, filled to overflowing with multiple styles of paper, paper projects, and paper goods, including postcards, wrapping paper, stickers, puzzles, mini notebooks, stationary, and crafty projects. Produced by creative directors Astrid van der Hulst and Irene Smit, it's a rich and beautiful collection stuffed with never-ending surprises, featuring designs and illustrations by a talented group of artists. Pure fun and pure genius, and the rare indie project that fully justifies its expensive cover price. https://www.flowmagazine.com/

28/07/2024

I visited the mighty mighty Casa Magazines in downtown Manhattan today to pick up some reading for an upcoming trip. Lots of goodies, including recent issues of Dough, Anima, Bloom, and the Sunday New York Times.

27/07/2024

Kaleidoscope, Madison, Wisconsin, January 3-16, 1969.

26/07/2024

The Black Scholar, April 1977

26/07/2024

What I'm Reading: Nobody magazine, Issue 03, published in Berlin (in English). Dedicated to "stories about everything else," this small but mighty journal covers topics that range from an essay on space travel and colonization (complete with vintage NASA paintings) to a story about acid-spitting ants, with lots of goodies in-between. It's a strong read front to back, thanks to editors Sami Emory and Tessa Love, enhanced by bright, dynamic design by art director Eva Gonçalves. I can't wait for the next issue. Received via Stack Magazines monthly subscription. https://www.nobodyzine.com/home

25/07/2024

Head magazine, November 1977. Special Co***ne Issue.

25/07/2024

The Guardian Weekly, July 26, 2024. Cover illustration by the mighty mighty The Sporting Press. Creative director: Andrew Stocks.

25/07/2024

What I'm Reading: Little White Lies, No. 103, June/July 2024. Published 5x a year in London, their motto is "Truth & Movies." This issue is devoted to Kinds of Kindness, and the first half of the magazine is filled with interviews, analysis, and other cool approaches to discovering the film. The second half of the mag is reviews of new and streaming movies. As always, the design is stunning, with creative typography and an emphasis on powerful illustration. The super cool cover is by Tom Humberstone, and there are memorable images inside by Marie Mohanna, Lauréne Boglio, and Laurence Bentz, among others. This is really a refreshing and original magazine, very smart and very exciting, and passionate about its subject. Big congrats to art director Lauréne Boglio and editor David Jenkins for continuing to lead in the creation of such a great publication and for making Little White Lies one of the most significant homes for editorial illustration. https://lwlies.com/

24/07/2024

Connections, published in Madison, Wisconsin, November 1968.

24/07/2024

Service, October 1952.

23/07/2024

What I'm Reading: Overseas magazine, issue 003. Published in Italy, with stories in English, Overseas looks at basketball around the globe, with stories from Manilla, London, Rome, Ankara, Lisbon, South Sudan, and Croatia. It's a rich mix of current (cover stars from the South Sudan national team recently came within a basket of defeating the USA team in an exhibition game in London) and vintage, including a deep dive into the history of basketball in Ankara. Overseas is an exciting, dynamic magazine with bright, bold design and photos to match. The cover photo is by Talel Nacer, issue design by Matteo Fagiuoli. Sports fans of all kinds will love the energy and passion of Overseas; it's super cool! https://www.overseas-mag.com/

23/07/2024

Fordham Magazine, Summer 2024. Super cool cover art by Dror Cohen. Creative direction: Ruth Feldman, editor: Ryan Stellabotte. Fordham has been doing some beautiful illustrated covers for their magazine; it's great to see a university publication stretch out like this!

21/07/2024

What I'm Reading: Field & Stream magazine, Vol. 129, No. 1. After a four-year print hiatus, Field & Stream has relaunched and reimagined, with a big (10" x 12"), bold, and beautiful edition, now published biannually. F&S has a long legacy of visual excellence and current creative director Elias Carlson is the latest in a long line of talented art directors for the magazine. The design leans heavily on the magazine's visual traditions, including the gorgeous cover painting by Ryan Kirby, which is an update of an F&S cover from 1938. The matte cover and inside paper stocks are thick and lush, the design simple and well-articulated, and the typography crisp and easy to read. The photographs and illustrations are prominent and striking, and attention is given to all the details, right down to the retro-styled how-to diagrams. This is a brilliant relaunch/redesign, which leans in heavily to what readers love about the magazine. Editor in chief Colin Kearns shows great love and awareness for F&S and its readership. It should be a model for other publications considering upgrading or reimagining their brands.

21/07/2024

What I'm Reading: Banana magazine, issue 007. After a four-year hiatus, the magazine of "All Things AZN" has returned with a blockbuster issue. This self-described "voice for contemporary Asian culture" is published in New York City by co-founders Kathleen Tso and Vicki Ho. The new issue is a lot of fun and super cool to look at. The centerpiece is a set of interviews with Asian Americans who appear on reality TV shows, featuring sparkling photos. These are counterpointed by two photo essays of two different Asian communities, one in Taiwan and one in Flushing, NY. The bold cover art is by artist Justin Yoon, and there's a brilliant pop food story guest designed by the mighty Echo Wu of 1413 magazine. This is a really smartly made publication; the editors have a great affinity for both subcultures and pop cultures, and cover both wonderfully. They mention in the editors' letter how their day jobs get in the way of a regular Banana publishing schedule. Someone with some financial backing should get behind Banana so the editors/founders can continue their stellar work, and get paid for it!

20/07/2024

Rock & Roll Quarterly, Autumn 1994. A music supplement to The Village Voice. Cover illustration: Steven Cerio, art director: Jesse Marinoff Reyes

20/07/2024

I got a small but potent batch of magazines today from the mighty mighty Casa Magazines in downtown NYC. Looking forward to a fun weekend of reading Mojo, the newly relaunched Field & Stream, and the latest Flow: Book for Paper Lovers.

19/07/2024

What I'm Reading: Delayed Gratification, Issue 53. "The Slow Journalism Magazine," published quarterly in the UK, their motto is "Last to Breaking News." Each issue reviews and analyzes the news and culture of a previous quarter; issue 53 covers October-December 2023. The inside structure is organized by months, filled with in-depth articles, monthly almanacs, and lots of brilliant graphics and charts. Visually it's like the journalistic child of The New Yorker and Entertainment Weekly, with long stories and bright, poppy, reader-friendly design. Their charts are simply the best, collating info on popular movies, music, sports, American Presidents, all designed in a unique, state-of-the-art style. The photos are lush and the typography is easy on the eyes. This is one of my favorite magazines to read and view; it feels very modern and very classic at the same time. Kudos to editors Rob Orchard and Marcus Webb, and to art director Christian Tate. And great cover by artist Lucile Gauvain. MagCulture reports that there's been a redesign of Delayed Gratification, which will debut with issue 54. I can't wait to see it. https://www.slow-journalism.com/

19/07/2024

Little Richard and His Orchestra poster, 1950s.

19/07/2024

What I'm Reading: Stan Mack's Real Life Funnies: The Collected Conceits, Delusions, and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995 (2024). Back in the late 1970s and early 80s, I lived in Seattle, and my lifeline to New York City was The Village Voice. The Read All About It newsstand at the Pike Place Market would get a half dozen issues every week, and if you showed up early enough on the day it arrived you could grab a precious copy. At that time the front of the Voice had a Murderer's Row of cartoonists: Jules Feiffer, Mark Alan Stamaty, and my favorite, Stan Mack. The first thing I would read in the Voice (and honestly, sometimes the only thing) was Stan Mack's Real Life Funnies, a half page cartoon crammed with images and words about the joys and struggles of living in New York City (and especially, Downtown). It was always a joy to read, especially when he wandered behind the scenes at p**n shoots, s*x clubs, gay bar backrooms, and all kinds of legendary NYC spaces, not to mention concerts, ad agencies, restaurants, and even backstage at the Voice itself.

Real Life Funnies motto was "Guarantee: All Dialogue Reported Verbatim" (it changed several times over the years), and it ran for 20 years and 1000+ comic strips (over 300 are reproduced in this book). Mack delivered his strip every week without fail, on deadline, and there's a real sense of urgency and immediacy to his work. The words are lettered by hand, and sometimes there are so many that the letters pop out of the word balloons and into the panel gutters. Mack was always a keen observer, and this collection is a true cultural and political history of New York, filled with empathy and a sense of right and wrong. The drawings are filled with brilliant detail: street signs, store windows, and other landmarks that make placing the location of the strip part of the fun. There are words everywhere: on magazine covers, signs, books, newspapers, store fronts. And somehow, Mack drew the portraits of thousands of New Yorkers without ever repeating a face. If you want to know what life was like in New York City from 1974-1995, at least for some folks, read this book!

18/07/2024

What I'm Reading: The Freaks Came Out to Write, The Definitive History of The Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture, by Tricia Romano (2024). This big, fat oral history is a big, fat blast to read. I'm biased, because I worked at the Voice for a long time, am in the group photo on the cover (far right in white shirt), and have some quotes inside. It's brilliantly conceived and edited, and is not only a wonderful history of all the nuts and bolts who worked at the Voice from 1955-2023, but also a brilliant cultural history of downtown New York City. Everyone who worked at the Voice has their own take on the paper's history, but from my perspective Romano nailed it, capturing all the excitement (and craziness) of working at one of the all-time great newspapers. I'm very happy to have some quotes in the book, especially this one, which describes my vision for the look of the Voice when I became design director: "My goal was to make it look like the New York Post on acid and run by communists."

I was fortunate to work with a great editor at the Voice, Jonathan Z. Larsen, and a very talented visual team that included Florian Bachleda, Jennifer Gilman, Fred W. McDarrah, Edna Suarez, and Thomas McGovern (plus many more). And earlier in my Voice days I was blessed to work for the mighty mighty design director Michael Grossman. There was no actual acid involved in creating the covers on the following pages, but there may have been flashbacks.

Rudy Giuliani illustration by Stephen Kroninger. Fear & Loathing photograph by Fred W. McDarrah. Teddy Riley RRQ photograph by Kristine Larsen.

18/07/2024

Sing Out! The Folk Song Magazine. October/November 1968. Cover art by Bob Dylan.

18/07/2024

What I'm Reading: Public Transport Magazine, issue 4. A small but mighty (and very funny) zine distributed for free on the NYC subway. It's little pages are packed with short stories, jokes, comics, artwork, and lots of fun. The latest issue is devoted to FILTH of all kinds found in the subway: trash, p**p, farts, and general nastiness. Super cool cover art by Edward Steed, and inside art and writing by Emily Flake and other talents. It's a fantastic idea for a publication and is a blast to read! Love love love. https://www.publictransportmagazine.com/

17/07/2024

What I'm Reading: McSweeney's, Issue 74. This 25th anniversary issue comes packed in a tin lunch box, with cover art by the mighty Art Spiegelman. Inside are cool pencils, a mini-portfolio by Spiegelman, a series of super cool author cards, and for those who must read, an anthology of stories previously published in McSweeney's. Much respect to McSweeney's art director Sunra Thompson, for the design and creative direction on this project. It's amazing. https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mcsweeney-s-74?taxon_id=5

17/07/2024

Here's a blast from the past! Vibe, May 2000. Cover photo of Juvenile by Sarah Friedman, Vibe logo design by Pen & Pixel, design director: Robert Newman, art director: Brandon Kavulla, photo director: George Pitts, editor in chief: Emil Wilbekin

17/07/2024

What I'm Reading: AARP magazine, June/July 2024. Service (and celebrity) journalism done with wit, style, and intelligence makes for a brilliant, engaging, state-of-the-art magazine. There are elements of classic Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone throughout (no surprise, since editor in chief Robert Love spent many years at RS). It's nice to see a publication use original photos and illustration from front to back and not rely on stock imagery. Everything inside is bright and beautifully detailed, with crisp, clean typography and plenty of engagement points. And the photo portraits, like the cover of Jon Bon Jovi by Gavin Bond, are striking and intimate (thanks to photo director Jane Clark and this issue's cover photo director, Caitlin DeFlaviis). AARP are masters at cover line writing and design; there's a wonderful conversation going on with the readers in the display type from front to back. I love love all the complex pages, like the mini-book reviews and the story on burger prices. There's so much packed into this issue; there's even a six-page graphic story titled "One Woman's Search for Happiness," with imagery by Patrick Leger. In the current world of publishing, where so many are cutting back on quality and quantity, it's nice to see a magazine that is operating at the top of its game. Big ups to creative director Scott Davis, design director Todd Albertson, and the rest of the AARP design team.

16/07/2024

What I'm Reading: Mother Tongue magazine, issue 6, Spring/Summer 2024. This self-proclaimed "Mom Magazine for the Now" is loaded with essays, stories, and memorable images about contemporary motherhood. Published in the US and edited by co-founders Melissa Goldstein and Natalia Rachlin, this is one of the strongest, most original indie mags, by turns smart, provocative, and passionate about its subject matter. The design, by creative director Vanessa Saba, is glorious: bold, engaging photos and artwork, bright colors, and simple, strong typography. The magazine is a somewhat smaller size, 7.5" x 9.5", with thick, matte paper and beautiful printing. Instead of traditional magazine architecture, each issue is broken into four sections; the resulting structure creates a rich and immersive reading and viewing experience. Cover photo of Miranda July by Anais Wade, inside illustrations by Jess Rotter. Mother Tongue already has a passionate fan base; if you're not familiar with it, rush out and get a copy ASAP! https://www.mothertonguemagazine.com/

14/07/2024

What I'm Reading: Interview, Summer 2024. Cover photo by Carin Backoff. Don't sleep on Interview magazine! It has become one of the best and brightest, most forward-looking publications, both in terms of design and edit. Over the years Interview has always been cool, and often visually stunning, but it suffered from less-than-dynamic editing and curating. The current team, led by editor-in-chief Mel Ottenberg and editorial & design director Richard Turley, have crafted a magazine that is smartly edited, crisply designed, and creatively formatted, with a take no prisoners approach to typography. I have no idea who most of the people who appear in Interview are, although my Gen Z daughters assure me that they are very cool and of-the-moment. I love the energy, the attention to pacing, and the way they smash through traditional magazine structure and formats. And best of all, it's a total blast to read and look through.

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