October 2008

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• On the racks

  Magazines of the Colonial Period

  10.20.08 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  The earliest regular Colonial newspaper was the Boston News-Letter founded in 1704. The hyphen, I’d guess indicates that media consolidation afflicted even the first publisher…though I’m not quite sure how. I learned today that The Atlantic was the first American magazine, and began publishing just two years after the BNL in ’06. As improbable as [...]

• Art Direction, On the racks

  In Praise of the 50 cent Cover

  10.17.08 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  So you’ve hired a Cadillac of a photographer and there’s a celebrity or maybe some high-strung supermodel. A few photo assistants are futzing with (rented) lighting in a (rented) space. An art director and assistant have flown in for the shoot, There’s a hair stylist, a makeup stylist, a fashion stylist, maybe someone’s built a [...]

• Redesigns

  It’s Pentlantic!

  10.14.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Pentagram tells the story of The Atlantic’s excellent new redesign on their site.

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