Audubon Magazine’s Illustrated Aviary
The Illustrated Aviary is a regular inside back page feature in the bimonthly Audubon magazine. Launched last year by creative director Kevin Fisher, each issue features a different, high-level illustrator reimagining John James Audubon‘s famous “Birds of North America” paintings. The page includes a brief interview with the illustrator discussing the creative process, as well […]
The Elegant and Stylish Jazz Covers of Wire Magazine, 1987-90
In 1986, Paul Elliman took over as art director of jazz and new music magazine Wire, and gave it a complete and powerful redesign, stripping it down to minimal color and typography, big, bold, stylish photography (most of it black and white), and large swaths of white space. It stood in stark contrast to the […]
Cover Review: Lucky Peach
My new review for the Folio: online Face Up column looks at the latest cover of Lucky Peach, the “All You Can Eat” issue. The cover is art directed by Walter Green, and features a very unusual and very creative cover with a 3D illustration by Jordan Speer that looks straight out of an old […]
Robert Best Creates Powerful Imagery on the Covers of The Nation
One of the happiest developments in magazine design over the past year has been the addition of Robert Best as creative director of The Nation. As the magazine’s first creative director (previous designers primarily worked on the covers, including most recently Milton Glaser) Best has been updating the magazine’s interior layouts and giving a sparkling […]
The 2014 Ippies Awards: The Best in Ethnic & Community Journalism
Francesca Messina and I were judges for the 2014 Ippies Awards, sponsored by the Center for Community and Ethnic Media, a project of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. The awards honor the best in ethnic and community journalism in the New York City area. Our category was Best Print Design, and the winner, announced […]
Friends of Bob Newman Online Benefit Art Auction
The Friends of Bob Newman have organized an online art auction to benefit me and my family. The auction will raise funds to help defray medical bills and living expenses after my serious accident last year. Organized by Danny Hellman, Jill Armus, Jesse Marinoff Reyes, Florian Bachleda, and Anelle Miller, the auction features artwork from […]
Lynda Barry’s Illustrated Covers for The Rocket and the Seattle Sun
Artist Lynda Barry is having an giant exhibit at the Adam Baumgold gallery in New York City. It opened May 13 and runs through July 11, 2014. Check out the gallery website for a huge collection of Barry’s work. Back in the day (that day was the late 1970s and early 80s), I worked with […]
The Modern Fanzine Covers of NME
Mark Neil has been the art director of the venerable weekly UK music magazine NME for the past year. Neil came to NME after a stellar stint as art director of The Big Issue magazine, first in Glasgow and later in London. He led a redesign of NME October 2013 that radically revamped the magazine’s […]
Friends of Bob Newman Benefit Party
The Friends of Bob Newman are holding a benefit party and celebration for me and my family on May 29 at the Society of Illustrators in New York City. The party will help raise funds to defray the cost of medical bills and living expenses in the wake of my serious accident last year. There […]
Friends of Bob Newman Online Benefit Auction
The Friends of Bob Newman have organized an online auction to benefit me and my family. The auction will raise funds to help defray medical bills and living expenses after my serious accident last year. Organized by Danny Hellman, Jill Armus, Jesse Marinoff Reyes, Florian Bachleda, and Anelle Miller, the auction features artwork from over […]
