Journal tagged by Books

A new exhibition in Philadelphia aims to explain why Alexey Brodovitch, the man who first defined the role of the magazine art director, matters. The accompanying catalogue makes the case in words and design. Kirsty Carter from London studio APFEL, who designed the book, spoke to us about its production.

There is currently a mini-boom in retrospective collections of dead magazines. The latest is this much-awaited book, a collection of pages from US interiors mag Nest. Few magazines deserve such a fabulously produced memorial. Between 1997 and 2004 there were...

Earlier this year I was offered the chance to read a near-final PDF of this new book about David King, in order to contribute a quote in support of it. Many of my generation of designers have waited so long...

Earlier this year I visited Walter Bernard and Milton Glaser in New York to look over the working pages of a new book about their magazine work. ‘Mag Men’ tells how Glaser hired Bernard in the early days of New...

Chris Barker’s rough and ready Photoshop covers for The New European are a rare example of anti-Brexit propaganda, a visual joy amongst the failure of our political class to adequately address the same thoughts. He also art directs several magazines...

First published in 1993 and much sought-after since going out of print, this history of the goundbreaking British magazine Nova has just been republished. Compiled by former art directors David Hillman and Harri Peccinotti, the large format book is a...