Wednesday, November 16, 2011

On Newsstands

Who is Herb Lubalin? Partner in publishing the 1960's magazines: Eros, Fact & Avant Garde. Lubalin was given free reign in the design.
Why was Esguire important? First lush style magazine published for men. Art direction is richly storied with designers like Paul Rand and Milton Glaser.
Who is Alexy Broadavich?
Designer hired to help revolutionize the design of the magazine.  Broadavich took pleasure in the white space and finely tuned pacing of text and image.
What did Hoefler-Jones do for Harper"s? Introduced the magazine's Didot type family.
Who is Gail Anderson? Fellow art director for Rolling Stone, offered some of the most venturesome double-page spreads of the 1990's.
Who is David Carson? Inaugural art director for Ray Gun. His pages were kinetic and engaging.
Who is Tibor and what is M&Co? Tibor is the designer for Colors magazine.  He directed a unique magazine with little design to give emphasis to the photography and content. M&Co was his New York studio that he closed to move to Rome and focus entirely on Colors.
Who is Neville Brody? Art director for The Face, instituted a highly expressive design.  Introduced a custom typefaces.  Contorted letterforms.  Mixed typography with graphic symbols.
What is Speak? A magazine that sought to cover thoughtful writing on culture, loosely covering music, fashion, literature and art. First issue released in 1995. 

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