Cover Review: Politico
My latest review for the Folio: online Face Up column looks at the May/June 2014 cover of Politico magazine. The cover features a striking cover line, “The Media Issue,” created by Post Typography and Politico creative director Janet Michaud. It’s a solid, label-like headline with an engaging, stylish image—a perfect fusion of text and graphics. […]
Pick Me Up Radio: Talking with Robert Newman (and Other Smart Folks) About Indie Magazines
A recent edition of Pick Me Up Radio, hosted by magCulture’s Jeremy Leslie, featured a group of top magazine makers talking about independent publishing. Michael Bojkowski, Kati Krause, Jean Snow, Andrew Losowsky, and Robert Newman each described their three favorite indie magazines. You can heart the entire show, or individual podcasts of each person here. […]
Jet magazine covers, 1970s
Jet magazine recently announced it was ending its print edition and will be publishing only on digital platforms. Jet has an amazing visual legacy, especially for its covers and photography. Herbert Temple was Jet’s longtime art director, in the 1960s and 70s, and was responsible for the cover design of this collection. Here are 10 […]
My Week as Guest Editor of Illustration Age: A Look at Magazine Editorial Illustration
For the week of April 28-May 2, I was the guest editor of the Illustration Age website, at the kind invitation of Thomas James. The idea behind this special week of Illustration Age was to look at magazines that use illustration as a major component of their design and content. It’s rare these days to […]
Judging for the International Regional Magazine Association Awards
I’ve been selected to be a judge for the International Regional Magazine Association annual awards. IRMA is an organization of regional magazines founded in 1960 by Down East and Vermont Life magazines. The judging will be held in June and July, and awards presented at IRMA’s annual conference in October in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
101 Kick-Ass Music Covers
Magazine covers featuring musical artists are inherently cool, whether the reader is a tween or a boomer. They come loaded with style, after all. (How many different looks—including varieties-not-found-in-nature of hair color—have Madonna and Bowie rocked on their many covers over the decades?) The result: memorable, provocative and sometimes flat-out crazy images of the stars. […]
Cover Review: Billboard
My new cover review for the Folio: online Face Up column takes a look at the April 26, 2014 issue of Billboard. The cover features a cool photograph of singer Enrique Iglesias, sleek, minimal cover typography and a bold, poster-like logo; it’s highly original, extremely artful and a crowd-pleaser all at the same time (I […]
Judging for the Center for Community and Ethnic Media “Ippies” Awards
I’m going to be a judge this year for the Ippies Awards. The Ippies are sponsored by the Center for Community and Ethnic Media at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. They “honor reporting in English and other languages other than English by the ethnic and community press.” Judging is in early May, and I’ll […]
Men’s Health Feature Pages: “Fill the Positive Space with Originality”
Robert Festino was the creative director of Men’s Health for a little over two and a half years, from February 2011-November 2013. Using his diverse background from Fortune, Bon Appetit, ESPN, and Entertainment Weekly, he built on and expanded Men’s Health‘s rich tradition of brilliant art direction and engaging graphics and imagery. Festino describes his […]
Guest Editor at Illustration Age
I’m guest editing all this week (April 28-May 2) at the very cool Illustration Age website, the great venue for illustration work of all kinds. Each day we’ll be showcasing a different magazine that uses illustration as a major component of their design and content. The five magazines that we’ve picked: Eight by Eight, Anorak, […]
