As the Fourth of July arrives each year, it brings with it many traditions—cheap beer, grilled hot dogs, and quasi-illegal fireworks, to name a few—but it also provides an opportunity at the year's half-way point to reflect on just what's gone on over the last six months. And there is perhaps no visual medium that more accurately captures the emotion of our time than a well-executed magazine cover. Like we have in the past, the Folio: team leaned on several of our brilliant friends in the design community to share their favorite magazine covers of the past six months, and to tell us what was so special about them. Click any of the covers below for a full-size view. -- The New York Times Magazine June 6, 2018 Creative Director: Gail Bichler Editor-in-Chief: Jake Silverstein I’m not sure if “you get the magazine covers you deserve” is a saying, but I’m using it for this. Nothing comes close to the delight of seeing these simple but beautiful covers, all 24 of them. Visually stunning, heart-string pulling gems. It could so easily have tipped toward pretentiousness, but the photography, typography and composition is spot on. Thanks for cheering me up, NYTM. -- — Chris Deacon, Creative Director, Playboy New York Magazine April 2, 2018 Creative Director: Andy Outis Editor: Adam Moss Does it get any better than this? Yes, it's likely that you'd have to be a hater to really enjoy this cover, but this one cuts to the heart of the matter with some simple Photoshop work. It is... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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Whether or not we’re actually ready, America is reopening. The process to return to “normal” will be uneven and gradual across the country in the coming days, weeks and months. And regrettably, we are no more certain today than we were six weeks ago about what recovery will actually look... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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