Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Wandering Thoughts: Body Parts

It dawned upon me yesterday in the shower that for the past 3 weeks (including this week), the covers constitute a variety of human body parts - 1/11 was the bright orange hair of a playwright, 1/18 was the legs of the drummer of the "dead"-but-still-alive band and this week we will present a upper body of a woman. "We didn't realize it!" and the tight production schedules have contributed one way or another to the outcome. However, it is not to say they were bad, in fact all the designs are wonderful especially this week's work - Kristin really put a lot of effort into it and it looks AWESOME! - but I just couldn't help it but wonder about the thought processes that go into cover design. In the magazine world outside of Vox, I am sure there is more forethought into what goes into the cover every week since covers more or less determine the sale of the magazine but here, we fortunately (or unfortunately) have the luxury to detrack from the mainstream.

Well, 2/1 will be water and I'm sure aren't any body parts involved! :D

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