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Illustration by Javier Munoz. Left to right: Esquire’s David Granger, Harper Bazaar’s Glenda Bailey, Vogue’s Anna Wintour, Allure’s Linda Wells and InStyle’s Ariel Foxman
Illustration by Javier Munoz
Western fashion, photographed by Billy Kidd.
Men's trend. Art directed by Nick Mrozowski
Feature Well opener, illustrated by Matt Murphy
New swimwear brands, photographed by Emily Hope.
Matthew Beard photographed by Emily Hope.
Weekly roundup of the best and worst of social media
A few pages from the second issue of the new weekly WWD . . .
Beyonce on the red carpet of the Met's annual Costume Gala. Photo by Steve Eichner.
Second spread of the Met Gala package
Right-hand-opener to the Feature Well with a nod to the Costume Institute's 'China: Through the Looking Glass' theme. Illustration by Catherine Parr
I'm honored to have been given the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform Women's Wear Daily — the Bible of the Fashion Industry — into a weekly magazine, now simply referred to as WWD. The first issue is a 248-page brick, cranked out in a week by a stellar design dept consisting of Nick Mrozowski, Geraldson Chua, Robyn Boehler and Jewelyn Butron. The cover story — The WWD Six — was photographed over 6 days and 3 continents by Nigel Parry.
248 pages! A world record for a weekly?
Alexander Wang on cover A of a split-run. Photograph by Nigel Parry.
Triple gatefold A, featuring Wang, Proenza Schouler and Chitose Abe. Photography by Nigel Parry. The covers were photographed in 6 days and shipped to the printer less than 48 hours after the final shoot was complete, which meant making selects immediately after each session and hoping they'd all fit together nicely in a triptych at the end (I also did not know who'd be on the cover other than Wang).
Triple gatefold B, featuring The Row, Christopher Kane and J.W. Anderson. Photography by Nigel Parry.
WWD 6 Package opener. Type set in Chiswick and Dala Moa, both from Commercial Type.
Each of the WWD 6 was given 3 spreads which included a B&W portrait on opener, a portrait with model on the first turn, and the model wearing a second look for the last page.
First turn page of the Proenza Schouler profile.
Harleth Kuusik photographed by Nigel Parry, my favorite image of the relaunch issue. We got a better shadow with Harleth's head in profile facing the gutter, but I love this pose and glance.
Fashion feature, photographed by Billy Kidd.
Fashion feature, photographed by Takay
The front-of-book is divided into 6 verticals: Fashion, Beauty, Retail, Markets, Accessories and Men's.
Men's Agenda featuring Jim Parkinson's brilliant M logo, originally drawn for M magazine (ahem, before the NYT's switched to a similar logo for T:Style.
Agenda Markets opener, illustration by Giacomo Gambineri
A page from Beauty Agenda
First spread of Viewfinder, a weekly photo essay.
They Are Wearing, a weekly roundup of street style around the globe
Report Card, weekly hits and misses from men and women in the news. The full type palette is on display here, from Chiswick, Forma, Publico and Dala Moa.
An illustrated right-hand-opener welcomes the reader to the feature well and resets the pacing
Landed in New York earlier this week to find the new issue of Footwear News waiting for me, then returned to L.A. to find the new issue of AwardsLine. It's all a blur at this point . . .
Manolo Blahnik, originally slated to be the relaunch cover story until Vince Camuto passed a day before shipping files to the printer.
Eddie Redmayne photographed by Mark Mann
Oscar portfolio opener. Benedict Cumberbatch photographed by Mark Mann.
Keira Knightley photographed by Mark Mann.
The first redesigned issue of Footwear News is out today, completing a project that began with the launch of footwearnews.com last month (see earlier post below). The print and digital products are linked visually by a consistent type palette featuring Finch and Benton Sans (Font Bureau/WebType) and a minimal color palette of teal and red.
The cover featuring Finch Condensed and Benton Sans Condensed, anchored by a scaled-up logo set center.
Top 20 feature opener
Top 20 turn-pages
Shoe of the Week, the Marketplace opener. This page posed a problem during production in that my concept for the page called for an image of a shoe photographed in an environment, but we only had a shoe on white. I thought I might be able to fake a background using animal print, but did one better when I stumbled upon this stock image giraffe. Turned out to be my favorite page of the issue!
Back-of-book dept.
Feeling confident!
My redesign of FootwearNews.com went live today, my first project for Fairchild Fashion Media since Jay Penske acquired the group from Conde Nast last August. The new design is image-focused and features an entirely new type palette for the brand anchored by David Jonathan Ross's new serif Finch (WebType). The redesign of the weekly print magazine follows next month!
Somehow finding time to kick out issues of AwardsLine these past few weeks while working on a number of redesign projects in New York.
Foxcatcher cast photographed by Mark Mann at TIFF. Behind-the-scenes photos from this shoot posted in September below.
Director Bennett Miller (Capote, Moneyball) photographed by Mark Mann
Michael Keaton (Birdman) photographed by Mark Mann
Back page infographic comparing the production constraints and resources of Boyhood and Exodus.
Nothing cures an upset stomach like buttermilk pancakes at the Four Seasons. Hurray for film junkets! Mark Mann flew in to LA to photograph Reese for an upcoming AwardsLine cover and to brag about purchasing a new top of the line Leica camera.
Mark Mann shooting Reese Witherspoon
Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette
Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
Jon Stewart (Rosewater) with Mark Mann
Jennifer Aniston (Cake) with Mark Mann
Gael Garcia Bernal (Rosewater)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) with Mark Mann
James Franco and Mark Mann
Channing Tatum (The Foxcatcher) with Mark Mann
Steve Carrell (The Foxcatcher)
Mark Ruffalo (The Foxcatcher) with Mark Mann
Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler) with Mark Mann
Adam Driver
Kevin Costner and Mark Mann
Miles Teller (Whiplash) with Mark Mann
JK Simons (Whiplash) with Mark Mann
Michael Douglas and Mark Mann
Salma Hayak
Robert Downey Jr. (The Judge) and Mark Mann
Vera Farmiga (The Judge) and Mark Mann
Al Pacino and Mark Mann
Greta Gerwig
Chris Evans and Mark Mann
William H. Macy on the set of Shameless, photographed by Michael Lewis
Cover Story
Kerry Washington (Scandal), photographed by J.R. Mankoff
Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart), photographed by Mark Mann. Minnie Driver photographed by J.R. Mankoff
Uzo Aduba (OITNB), photographed by Mark Mann
Natasha Lyonne (OITNB), photographed by J.R. Mankoff
Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum (Project Runway), photographed by Mark Mann
TOC, photograph by J.R. Mankoff
Back page info-graphic. Series with the most Emmy love typically also have the lowest viewerships
Billy Bob Thornton (Fargo) photographed by J.R. Mankoff
Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance) photographed by J.R. Mankoff
Anthony Bourdain (Parts Unknown) photographed by Mark Mann
Jodie Foster (Orange Is the New Black) photographed by J.R. Mankoff
Mike Judge (Silicon Valley) photographed by J.R. Mankoff
Anthony Bourdain moments after Jujitsu class
Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart)
Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum (Project Runway)
Uzo Aduba (Orange Is The New Black)
Billy Bob Thornton (Fargo)
Jodie Foster (Orange Is The New Black)
Fred Armisen (Portlandia)
Kerry Washington (Scandal)
Mike Judge (Silicon Valley)
Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance)
Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
The final cover sketch for the daily editions. Editorial space was carved out above the advertising and to the right of the logo to clearly label the edition, tease the content inside and differentiate between the weekly magazine.
To signal 'soft news' and to help avoid confusion with the weekly magazine, the daily edition features large folios positioned in a more spacious top margin, a bright blue color used behind captions and pull quotes, and a different display and text style of Commercial Type's Duplicate family (Ionic).
The page architecture of the daily edition is largely based on a rejected sketch from the Variety redesign project in 2013. Screenshots of those sketches can be found in the Past Projects section of this site under Rejected/Unpublished.
Duplicate Ionic offered a subtle shift in tone and voice for the daily editions while retaining a strong visual link to the design of the weekly magazine which uses Duplicate Slab and Sans throughout.
The Contenders portion of the magazine (awards content) is labeled with gold folios.
This checkerboard-like layout was created to highlight likely contenders in each awards category. It allows flexibility in the number of entries listed for each category, scale change within the imagery for visual interest, while providing the art dept. an easy-to-follow template for quick production.
Creative Director for all pages: Chris Mihal. Director of Photography: Bailey Franklin.
Mapping the career paths of actors who began on TV, dabbled in film, and then returned to the small screen.
Jim Parsons (The Normal Heart) photographed by J.R. Mankoff
Keri Russell (The Americans) photographed by Mark Mann
Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex) photographed by J.R. Mankoff
Josh Charles (The Good Wife) photographed by Mark Mann
Jane Fonda (The Newsroom) photographed by J.R. Mankoff