Monday, November 14, 2011

Graphic Design Referenced: On Newsstands

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Who is Herb Lubalin?
Lubalin is an art director and designer who partnered in designing three influential and provocative magazines: Eros, Fact:, and Avant Garde. He was passionate about typography.

Why was Esquire important?
Esquire was like Vogue geared toward men that sparked an era for visual commentary with its strength in journalism and its covers. It replaced its masthead with notable figures.

Who is Alexey Broadavich?
Alexy was an art director for Harper's Bazaar that changed the approach to the photography, layout and typography of the magazine for the next 24 years.

What did Hoefler-Jones do for Harper's?
Hoefler-Jones created the typeface Didot that furthered the branding of the Bazaar magazines.

Who is Gail Anderson?
An art director for Rolling Stone that offered some of the most venturesome double-page spreads of the 1990s.

Who is David Carson?
David Carson is a surfer who found graphic design later in his life. He worked on many magazines and became the art director of Ray Gun. He challenged every typographic rule and infuriated one part of the design profession. He enjoyed distorting and dismantling letterforms, words, and paragraphs.

Who is Tibor and what is M&Co?
Tibor is a designer that played a major role in the creation of Colors magazine; he wanted to create a unique magazine without a lot of decorative elements and visual devices. He restricted himself from use of sans-serif typefaces and intended for the photography and content to speak louder. M&Co, established in 1979, is his studio located in New York. The M stands for his wife Maira. It blended wit, humor, and social consciousness through a very restrictive style.

Who is Neville Brody?
Neville is the art director of The Face magazine. He slowly morphed the magazine into a playground for typographic exploration. He instituted a highly expressive design, which caused many other magazines to mimic its style. He changed up the typefaces of the type letterforms, headlines, and titles. He kept the magazine evolving and introduced computer-condensed and extended typography.

What is Speak?
Speak is a magazine of thoughtful writing on culture that also covered music, fashion, literature, and art. The magazine was later steered toward a more intellectual realm with conscious disregard for advertisers and profits.

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