2020 Winner
Communication Design

The New York Issue

The New York Issue

Category—Editorial

2020 Winner
Communication Design

The New York Issue

Designer(s)

Ben Grandgenett, New York

Client

The New York Times Magazine

Additional Credits

DEPUTY ART DIRECTOR:
Ben Grandgenett
New York

DESIGN DIRECTOR:
Gail Bichler

ART DIRECTION:
Matt Willey

PRINCIPAL TYPE:
Hoyt Street

DIMENSIONS:
8.9 x 10.9 in.
(12.5 x 15.1 cm)

CONCEPT:
Our annual New York Issue was devoted to live performance. We featured twelve performers — a Metropolitan Opera singer, a subway dancer, and a sword swallower among them—who epitomize the spirit of the city’s creative class. A vivid, typographic cover, inspired by DIY performance flyers, sets the tone for the issue, in which the photojournalist Brenda Ann Kenneally’s photographs of each performer interact with bespoke typography that captures the chaos, energy, and panache of New York City.

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