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Interview with Carol Hayes
Pressing letterforms into the snow, Carol Hayes continues to make a beauty mark on book covers with her innovative design of The Zoo in Winter: Selected Poems by Polina Barskova (Melville House, Feb...
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Gwen Allen on Artists’ Magazines
Gwen Allen has devoted her time to the impressive undertaking of documenting independent art publications in her new book, Artists’ Magazines (MIT Press). Through her comprehensive research, she...
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Pej Behdarvand’s Dreaming California
Pej Behdarvand‘s expansive photographs of the ocean are a symbol for dreams and aspirations. The exhibit, Dreaming California is on view from April 16 until May 21 at drkrm/gallery as a part of the...
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Interview with Christoph Niemann
Everyone has a lost phone story. Some intentional. Others detrimental. I can imagine there are many great lost phone stories considering all the nightclub toilets, ferry rides, subway tracks, and...
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Interview with Paul Sahre
The stars collided on this one. Victore, or Who died and Made You Boss? was designed by the virtuoso Paul Sahre about designer James Victore. The black background in the spreads gives a refreshing...
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Interview with Maira Kalman
From Tocqueville to town hall meetings, illustrator and visual journalist, Maira Kalman took us on a year long tour celebrating the history of America through her illustrated NYTimes column, And The...
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Interview with Adrian Tomine
I never liked the word ‘vacation.’ The root verb ‘to vacate’ signifies fleeing something like your life, which should be grand. Maybe I’m a workaholic or just a believer in enjoying your life’s work,...
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Interview with Carl Wiens on Poetry magazine
Carl Wiens designed the cover of this month’s issue of Poetry magazine called “Evolution.” The colored tools and off-register layering pops nicely against the blank background. Under the art direction...
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Interview with Leanne Shapton
Leanne Shapton recently designed a gorgeous cover for Hilary Thayer Hamann’s first novel, Anthropology of an American Girl (Spiegel & Grau). At 600 pages, the book actually feels light with the...
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Interview with Steven Attardo
Steve Attardo at Rodrigo Corral recently designed the re-issue of Henry Miller’s The Colossus of Maroussi published by New Directions. Steve was gracious to lead me through his insightful thoughts...
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