Are Magazine Apps Dead? A State of the Art Roundtable
Just a little under four years ago I headed down to St. Petersburg, Florida for an iPad conference at the Poynter Institute hosted and organized by Mario Garcia. A small but very engaged group of newspaper, magazine, and digital designers gathered to see and hear reports on the very first wave of app creations. My […]
Society of Publication Designers Magazine of the Year Award Presentation
I’ll be presenting the Magazine of the Year award at the 49th Annual Society of Publication Designers Awards Gala on May 2 in New York City. The five finalists are Achtung, Bon Appetit, New York, The New York Times Magazine, and Wired. The event is being held at the new 4 World Trade Center building […]
101 Kick-Ass Music Covers on Life Elsewhere Radio with Norman B
The Life Elsewhere radio show on WMNF Tampa will feature a segment devoted to the collection of 101 Kick-Ass Music Magazine Covers that I curated for Adweek. Host Norman B and I will be discussing the highs (and lows) of the covers, plus lots of fun musical and magazine trivia. It should be a great […]
101 Kick-Ass Music Covers: The Runner-Ups
Adweek recently asked me to compile a gallery of the best music magazine covers of all time. Called “101 Kick-Ass Music Covers: The most awesome, iconic and controversial magazine images of the last 80 years,” it’s a nifty visual collection of covers from the 1930s-now. Adweek creative director Nick Mrozowski and executive editor Tony Case […]
Cover Review: Petersen’s Hunting
My new cover review for the Folio: online Face Up column takes a look at the April/May 2014 issue of Petersen’s Hunting, the popular outdoors enthusiast magazine. There’s so much testosterone on this cover that I can feel the hair growing on my chest (and other places). It’s a memorable, provocative, and ground-breaking cover for […]
10 Great Entertainment Weekly Covers Designed by Kory Kennedy
As a former design director of Entertainment Weekly (I was there from 1994-96), I have a never-ending fascination with the magazine’s covers and design. Kory Kennedy was Entertainment Weekly‘s seventh design director, adding his creative magic from May 2012 until this past month. In those two years he designed over 100 covers and gave the […]
Cover Review: The 2014 Edition of Who’s Who in Baseball
My new cover review for the Folio: online Face Up column is just in time for baseball’s Opening Day on March 31. It’s a look at the 2014 edition of Who’s Who in Baseball, the obsessive (and fascinating) compilation of pitchers and batters statistics. Their cover design hasn’t changed much over the past 20 years, […]
The New Republic: A Thought Leader of Cover Design
The New Republic recently marked the one year anniversary of its redesign, which debuted in January 2013. Creative director Dirk Barnett joined the magazine in August 2012 after a strong run at the Tina Brown-edited version of Newsweek. With the news that The New Republic gathered five medal nominations in this year’s Society of Publication […]
We Love Old Magazines!
At Newmanology, we love old magazines and magazine covers. Here’s a collection of some of our favorites, from the 1940s-60s, all gathered from the DTA Collectibles site, the source of 1000s of cool vintage publications and paper goods, all for sale. The 10 classics pictured include covers from Ha Ha!, Climax, Dig, After Dark, and […]
Cover Review: The Newsweek Relaunch Issue
My new cover review for the Folio: online Face Up column is up now. It’s a look at the cover of the relaunched Newsweek magazine, designed by Priest + Grace and illustrated by Ben Wiseman. Former Time art director Arthur Hochstein adds a few smart thoughts to the mix as well. Overall, it’s a very […]
