This dynamic (and very cool) collection of covers spans the almost 12-year tenure of This Old House editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk, who left the magazine in early April 2016 after an ownership change. Curated by This Old House photography director Denise Sfraga, this gallery features the design and art direction talents of design directors Amy Rosenfeld, […]
The late 1990s were a fertile time for magazine design, especially in the business and financial sector. One of the most vibrant 90s magazines was Worth, which featured a stellar list of art directors, including Ina Saltz, Phil Bratter, Deanna Lowe, and Dirk Barnett, among others, plus super duper photo editors Marianne Butler and Sabine […]
The latest issue of Gym Class Magazine (#12) is out and available and filled with magazine design treats. A new feature with this issue is the Gym Class 20, a list “celebrating the top 20 magazine makers.” I interviewed The New York Times Magazine design director Gail Bichler for the list (she was #2!). Gail […]
I’m judging for the 2015 Alberta Magazine Awards, the annual magazine competition sponsored by the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association. There’s a vibrant magazine publishing scene in Alberta, based primarily in Calgary and Edmonton.
Nautilus describes itself as “a different kind of science magazine.” Published quarterly in a beautifully-printed edition, it’s an impressive 190+ page journal of modern science and culture, packed with a mind-blowing array of top-flight editorial illustration. The magazine is designed and art directed by the very smart Len Small, who earlier this year designed the […]
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 […]
A version of this interview appears in issue #11 of Gym Class magazine, edited by Steven Gregor. Illustration by Alexander Wells. I first met Wyatt Mitchell in 1997, when I was the design director at Details. He was hired to be the magazine’s production manager. He’d previously worked with our production director, Marc Einsele, who […]
I’ll be judging a number of magazine design categories in this year’s Folio: Eddies & Ozzies competition. The awards recognize both editorial and design work in a broad range of publications, including consumer, B2B, trade, and more (as well as digital). I’m happy to be doing all print magazine categories. It’s a great way to […]
I’ve got a vested interest in the design of Entertainment Weekly magazine. I was the second design director there, from 1994-96, and have stayed in touch with many subsequent design directors and designers at the magazine in the years since. Needless to say, as the years go by (and this coming February marks the 25th […]
Walter Allner was the deputy art director under Leo Lionni at Fortune magazine in the 1950s. He went on to become the art director at the magazine from 1962-74, illustrating and designing many memorable covers. In his spare time he designed covers for Modern Packaging magazine. Thanks to Monoscope, we’ve got a nifty gallery of […]
