Editorial design
July 23rd, 2009
The latest issue of the Association of Illustrators’ magazine Varoom, has a contribution from me and my team. They asked a few art directors to choose an illustrator or illustration that defines the decade, and we chose Noma Bar. It’s not online unfortunately, so you’ll have to pay £12.00 for the magazine to read it. Read the rest of this entry »
July 15th, 2009
Seeing this link on Jeremy’s blog was a great start to the day. My favourite magazine ever!
July 8th, 2009
Penguin Books have a great design tradition, with brilliant work from the likes of Jan Tschichold, Romek Marber, Derek Birdsall, Alan Aldridge, and in recent years the immensely talented David Pearson.
The latest example is a set of editions of classic reportage writing using images from the Magnum archives. I love the way that the front covers tell part of the story, but turning to the back adds another dimension. This is real book design, responding to the form of the object.
These are never going to fly off the shelves at Tesco, but its great to see a publisher treating the buyer/reader with such intelligence.
Via Eye Blog
July 6th, 2009
… to regain the blogging habit; I have some excuses, none of them very good. But just to keep things moving, here’s a few random links I’ve enjoyed recently… Read the rest of this entry »