Gail Bichler, Design Director at the New York Times Magazine, explains how she came to be working on the weekly print title, what it’s like to design one of the world’s most respected magazines and creating stand-out covers
Where digital was once the go-to medium in photography, chosen for its ease and cheapness, photographers are now returning to film, in both their personal and commercial work. We examine why.
In our February/March issue, CR gets serious about being funny feat. Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs, Lisa McGee, Naresh Ramchandani, David Kolbusz, Roz Chast, Emily Oberman, Asterix, Stephen Collins, Dominic Wilcox and, yes, the DLR
The pulp fiction publishing phenomenon of the 50s and 60s created its own visual language of femmes fatales and men of action. A new show celebrates the illustrators behind the covers and examines their enduring appeal
Rugby is a new magazine about, yes, rugby, from the team at content agency Eric. Creative Director Simon Campbell talks us through the magazine’s design and how it’s trying to approach the sport differently
The Guardian’s switch to tabloid marks the end of an era. We talk to Creative Director Alex Breuer and Deputy Creative Director Chris Clarke about the thinking behind the redesign, creating a great reading experience in print and how a smaller format can help the paper tell bigger stories…
The Guardian has made its much-anticipated switch to tabloid format, carrying through the changes to its website and app as well. Some first impressions…
The latest issue shares a cover image with a rival magazine and comes off a clunkier second in terms of execution. Does this odd newsstand collaboration point to a wavering of artistic and editorial direction at the fashion staple?
For over 120 years St Bride Library in London has been an invaluable resource of printing and typographic history. It is the largest print and publishing library in the world and contains 10,000 type specimens and over 80,000 books. Yet in recent times it has increasingly relied on support from the wider creative community in […]
Taschen’s East German Handbook provides a fascinating overview of life in the former East Germany via the design of everyday objects, brands, artworks and artefacts
From a history of type to a celebration of a monster, via New York and North Korea, here are CR’s ten books of the year
CR gets serious about being funny featuring
Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs, Lisa McGee,
Naresh Ramchandani, David Kolbusz, Roz Chast,
Emily Oberman, Asterix, Stephen Collins,
Dominic Wilcox and the DLR
