1—For Kaveh Akbar’s poems, “The Palace”, we worked with the artist by María Medem, to produce illustrations with transparent layers that moves in different speeds as the reader scrolls through the page, creating a sense of dynamic movement within a digital space.
2—For Ilya Kaminsky’s poetry series “Deaf Republic,” artist Miwon Yoon illustrated a series of hand movements that are the poet’s own sign language. Each frame was painstakingly painted using watercolor, strewn together as a frame animation—giving their organic shapes and textures.
3—Artist Lossapardo produced three original paintings for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s personal story, “Notes on Grief”. Drawing inspiration from scenes from the story—the use of empty space, along with the textures of the canvas—bring warmth, depth, and humanity to the words.
4—New Yorker Store
For the New Yorker’s inaugural web shop, we wanted to emphasize the quirky humor of the magazine by utilizing Rea Irvin’s hand-drawn squiggly rule to the design, alongside an animated illustration by Brian Rea.
5—24 hours
On April 15th of 2020, when the world was caught at a standstill by the coronavirus pandemic, twenty-five New Yorker writers and seventeen photographers fanned out to document life in New York. This monumental effort was showcased chronologically, starting at midnight throughout 24 hours of the day. To effectively communicate this passing of time, the background of the webpage also gradually shifts, before turning dark again.
6—Every summer the New Yorker publishes of Flash Fiction, a series of very short stories. We work with a few artists to illustrate several stories, often ranging widely on subject matter, theme and mood. Artist and designer Na Kim, managed to tie the four stories into a single object or scene that perfectly encapsulates each story.
PROJECT
The New Yorker
A longstanding literary magazine with in-depth reporting, political and cultural commentary, fiction, poetry, and cartoons.
SCOPE
Art direction & interactive design on numerous articles, editorial collections, and special digital features.
LINK
newyorker.com
DESIGN DIRECTOR
Aviva Michaelov
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Nicholas Blechman
INTERACTIVE TEAM
Richard Sancho, David Kofahl,
Naib Mian, Rekha Tenjarla