How Football Programs Have Changed—and What It Means
My first story for The Boston Globe Ideas section is about pro football game day programs, and how their design has changed over the years…and what it means. The story takes a look at some vintage Boston Patriots programs from the early 1960s, featuring cover designs and illustrations by Boston Globe sports cartoonist Phil Bissell. […]
Judging for the Society of Illustrators Student Competition
I’m judging the Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition, the first week of February in New York City. The competition, started in 1981, is open to full time students in undergraduate illustration programs. A panel of distinguished judges will select over 300 pieces from thousands of entries submitted nationwide. Over $50,000 in scholarships will be […]
Life Elsewhere Radio Show
I’m going to be a guest on the Life Elsewhere radio show, December 8 at 9am EST, hosted by Norman B on WMNF. Life Elsewhere is a great morning “drive time” show that mixes music, culture, politics, and anything else that pops into the very creative mind of Norman B. We’ll be discussing the annual […]
The Recorder: Monotype’s Typographic Magazine Reborn
For over 70 years, Monotype published The Monotype Recorder, a legendary trade publication that was edited for 30 years by the even more legendary Beatrice Warde. Now The Recorder has been relaunched by the Monotype London studio in a rich and brilliant limited print edition. Edited by Emma Tucker and art directed by Luke Tonge, […]
Game Changer! David Moretti and Wired Italia
David Moretti has been the creative director of Wired Italia since it launched in 2009. On both the print and digital editions he has directed a deeply creative series of covers, page designs, infographics, illustrations, and powerful imagery of all kinds. Wired Italia is one of the most imaginatively-designed magazines out there, and fortunately for […]
min’s Editorial & Design Awards
I’ll be a guest presenter at the min Editorial & Design Awards, November 19 at the Grand Hyatt in New York City. The awards honor magazines and individuals that “showed excellence in content and design among consumer, business-to-business and specialized information media brands.” In addition to announcing a big batch of awards for print and […]
SPD Pub 50 Magazine of the Year Chairperson
I’m honored to be the chairperson of the Society of Magazine Designers Magazine of the Year judging, part of the Publication Design 50 competition. The competition selects “the magazine that demonstrates the most effective and imaginative use of design, typography, illustration, and photography” for 2014. The chairs for Pub 50 are Fred Woodward (design director, […]
The Big Talk: American Photography and American Illustration Panel Discussion
American Photography and American Illustration will be celebrating the publication of their annual competition books on November 5, from 1-5pm in New York City at the SVA Theater at 333 W. 23rd St. The Big Talk will feature a selection of judges from both competitions, as well as AI book designer Len Small of Nautilus […]
1984: Pop Music’s Best Year Ever, from Billboard Magazine
Having spent many years working at Entertainment Weekly, New York, Vibe, and Details, I’ve been involved in creating more magazine editorial “packages” than I care to remember. Designing those multi-page, late-closing projects is always a challenge, especially because they tend to be way over-subscribed with content and images. I’m very happy to see this striking […]
Cover Review: Entertainment Weekly
My latest cover review for Folio: The October 17, 2014 issue of Entertainment Weekly, featuring a graphically intense, black and white photograph of Michael Keaton in a preview of the Birdman movie, is one of the coolest and most iconic magazine covers of the past year. Photographer Art Streiber, design director Tim Leong, photography director […]
