Special M Collections Issue . . .
Photography by David Urbanke
Slouchy fashion featuring a relaxed 'g'
Sir Paul Smith, photograph by Kate Peters
New Work: WWD Issue 16
Thom Browne for Barneys. Photograph by Eli Schmidt
Special package for Hong Kong-based supply-chain company Luen Thai, art directed by Christa Guerra.
Illustration by Christa Guerra
New Work: WWD Issue 15
Photograph by Mark Mann
New Work: WWD Issue 14
The Smiths, Utah-bred models and musicians, photographed by Emman Montalvan
Christian Louboutin photographed by Gregoire Alexandre
Layout by Nick Mrozowski
Illustrations by Studio Muti
Milestone package for Ulta, photographs by Maurizio Di Iorio, art directed by Geraldson Chua
New Work: WWD Issue 13
Starting to hit our stride as we approach our first Fashion Week season since launching the weekly magazine last spring . . .
Volume photographed by Nyra Lang
Art direction by Nick Mrozowski
A dialed-in Media People section now featuring portraits by Mark Mann
WWD Daily Editions (NY and Milan)
Excited to see our second special edition in print this week for New York Men's Fashion Week! Future editions will be published and distributed throughout Fashion Week this fall in NY, London, Milan and Paris. Commercial Type's Dala Prisma is featured in the city labels, and a red 'D' is used in the logo to signify 'Daily'.
WWD: Issue 7
Photograph by Ben Morris
Jeremy Scott, illustrated by Mike Arnold
Denim fashion, photographed by Ben Lamberty
WWD: Issue 6
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
WWD: Issue 2
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
New Work: WWD
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
New Work: AwardsLine & Footwear News
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.
New Work: Footwear News
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.
Presentation Day
Feeling confident!
New Work: FootwearNews.com
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!
New Work: AwardsLine Oscars
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.
Breakfast @ Four Seasons w/ Reese Witherspoon
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
A Sunday Morning in Malibu w/ Cast of Boyhood
Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette
Oscar Photo Marathon (Toronto Edition) Day 4
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
Oscar Photo Marathon (Toronto Edition) Day 3
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
Oscar Photo Marathon (Toronto Edition) Day 2
Michael Douglas and Mark Mann
Salma Hayak