Editorial.

Vol. 07 — The Layout Issue

Editorial.

A century of art direction, set for the screen — type, photograph, and a grid worth breaking.

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EST. 1928 · AFTER TSCHICHOLD · SET TWICE WEEKLY

Cover portrait: muted earth-tone tailoring in window light
Cover — “The Layout Issue”photograph: studio commission

The craft

One Break
Per Spread

he grid earns its keep by being obeyed — and then, exactly once, disobeyed. An image crosses the gutter. A headline trespasses onto a photograph. One planned violation per spread is what separates an art-directed page from a template.

“Obey completely, then break once — that is the whole art.”

Concrete facade with a diagonal shadow
Fig. 01 — the gutter, crossed on purpose.

The voices

Type Is the Image

Half of editorial's pictures are made of letters. Hover a specimen — the wall resets in its voice.

The black issue

Why Editors Love B/W

Strip the color and only the decisions remain — light, timing, geometry. Black-and-white is editing made visible.

Black-and-white street scene, backlit crossing
Plate I — the street, edited by light. credit: staff photographer
Black-and-white portrait in hard side light
Plate II — half a face is enough. credit: staff photographer

In other issues

Every Issue Speaks a Different Language

Live pages, not plates — turn to one.

No. 01 — a neighboring language, printing live.
No. 02 — a neighboring language, printing live.
No. 03 — a neighboring language, printing live.
No. 04 — a neighboring language, printing live.
No. 05 — a neighboring language, printing live.
No. 06 — a neighboring language, printing live.
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Set in earnest,
broken on purpose.

SET IN PLAYFAIR DISPLAY, FRAUNCES & WORK SANS · TWELVE COLUMNS · ONE BREAK PER SPREAD

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