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Robert Newman is the creative director of Newmanology and a design and editorial consultant. Former design director/creative director at Real Simple, New York, Fortune, Vibe, Entertainment Weekly, The Village Voice. https://www.instagram.com/newmanology/
What I'm Reading: Off Licence magazine, issue Sixteen. Super cool underground music magazine published in Brighton, UK. This is the jazz issue, filled with enough interesting UK jazz artists to make a killer playlist: Kokoroko, Venna, Allexa Nava, and Emma_Jean Thackray. offlicencemagazine.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What I'm Reading: Off Licence magazine, issue Sixteen. Super cool underground music magazine published in Brighton, UK. This is the jazz issue, filled with enough interesting UK jazz artists to make a killer playlist: Kokoroko, Venna, Allexa Nava, and Emma_Jean Thackray. offlicencemagazine.com
I visited the mighty Casa Magazines in downtown Manhattan and walked out with a giant stack of goodies. New issues of Interview, Los Angeles Review of Architecture, Rolling Stone, Sight and Sound, Mojo, The Gentlewoman, Mother Tongue, White Lies, and Newmanology fave Pit. So much magazine joy!
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I visited the mighty Casa Magazines in downtown Manhattan and walked out with a giant stack of goodies. New issues of Interview, Los Angeles Review of Architecture, Rolling Stone, Sight and Sound, Mojo, The Gentlewoman, Mother Tongue, White Lies, and Newmanology fave Pit. So much magazine joy!
What I'm Reading: Usecase magazine, issue 01, October 2025, "a magazine about what crypto enables." It's 164 pages, beautifully designed and printed, with multiple paper stocks and lots of gorgeous photos and illustrations. Design direction via creative directors Holly Catford and Simon Esterson.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
What I'm Reading: Usecase magazine, issue 01, October 2025, "a magazine about what crypto enables." It's 164 pages, beautifully designed and printed, with multiple paper stocks and lots of gorgeous photos and illustrations. Design direction via creative directors Holly Catford and Simon Esterson.
What I'm Reading: Archigram the Magazine. The authorized facsimile publication of all 10 issues of the legendary super cool architecture magazine published in the 1960s-early 70s in the UK. With wacky foldouts, pop-ups, inserts, and lots of creative art and design. www.artbook.com/978193304585...
October 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What I'm Reading: Archigram the Magazine. The authorized facsimile publication of all 10 issues of the legendary super cool architecture magazine published in the 1960s-early 70s in the UK. With wacky foldouts, pop-ups, inserts, and lots of creative art and design. www.artbook.com/978193304585...
What I'm Reading: Cake Zine, Volume 7, Summer 2025, Forbidden Fruit. 100+ elegantly designed pages, from "an independent print magazine exploring society through sweets." Received via Stack Magazines monthly subscription. cakezine.com/products/for...
October 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
What I'm Reading: Cake Zine, Volume 7, Summer 2025, Forbidden Fruit. 100+ elegantly designed pages, from "an independent print magazine exploring society through sweets." Received via Stack Magazines monthly subscription. cakezine.com/products/for...
I picked up a couple cool flags at today's No Kings march in midtown Manhattan.
October 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I picked up a couple cool flags at today's No Kings march in midtown Manhattan.
This was definitely the #1 sign and outfit at today's No Kings march in midtown Manhattan.
October 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This was definitely the #1 sign and outfit at today's No Kings march in midtown Manhattan.
At Details magazine, we took D'Angelo back to his hometown of Richmond, Virginia, for the November 1998 issue. Photo: Moshe Brakha, fashion: Derick Procope, photo director: Greg Pond, designer: John Giordani, editor in chief: Michael Caruso, design director: Robert Newman. RIP D'Angelo.
October 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
At Details magazine, we took D'Angelo back to his hometown of Richmond, Virginia, for the November 1998 issue. Photo: Moshe Brakha, fashion: Derick Procope, photo director: Greg Pond, designer: John Giordani, editor in chief: Michael Caruso, design director: Robert Newman. RIP D'Angelo.
RIP D'Angelo. Cover of Vibe magazine, April 2000. Photograph: Dah Len, photo editor: Geroge Pitts, editor in chief: Emil Wilbekin, design director: Robert Newman.
October 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
RIP D'Angelo. Cover of Vibe magazine, April 2000. Photograph: Dah Len, photo editor: Geroge Pitts, editor in chief: Emil Wilbekin, design director: Robert Newman.
What I'm Reading: Eye, The International Review of Graphic Design, Issue 108. Eye never ceases to amaze me, with inspiring and entertaining stories and imagery and super smart design. Essential reading (and viewing) for magazine fans and makers of all kinds. www.eyemagazine.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What I'm Reading: Eye, The International Review of Graphic Design, Issue 108. Eye never ceases to amaze me, with inspiring and entertaining stories and imagery and super smart design. Essential reading (and viewing) for magazine fans and makers of all kinds. www.eyemagazine.com
What I'm Reading: Inc., Fall 2025. The annual Inc. 5000 issue is a master class in magazine making from front to back. Bright, engaging artwork, beautifully designed lists and charts, all perfectly organized and detailed. Creative director: Richard Baker, editor in chief: Mike Hofman.
October 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
What I'm Reading: Inc., Fall 2025. The annual Inc. 5000 issue is a master class in magazine making from front to back. Bright, engaging artwork, beautifully designed lists and charts, all perfectly organized and detailed. Creative director: Richard Baker, editor in chief: Mike Hofman.
What I'm Reading: The Metrograph, Issue 2. Published by the Metrograph film theater in downtown Manhattan, it's jam-packed with goodies, including comics, interviews, and lots of movie-making details. Beautifully art directed by mighty Matt Willey. At Casa Magazines or metrograph.com/magazine/
October 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
What I'm Reading: The Metrograph, Issue 2. Published by the Metrograph film theater in downtown Manhattan, it's jam-packed with goodies, including comics, interviews, and lots of movie-making details. Beautifully art directed by mighty Matt Willey. At Casa Magazines or metrograph.com/magazine/
What I'm Listening To: The September edition of Church of the Good Groove on SoulandJazz.com, curated by Tim Dillinger. There's much great soulful gospel music here that will lift your spirits and make you move. www.soulandjazz.com/church-of-th...
September 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
What I'm Listening To: The September edition of Church of the Good Groove on SoulandJazz.com, curated by Tim Dillinger. There's much great soulful gospel music here that will lift your spirits and make you move. www.soulandjazz.com/church-of-th...
What I'm Reading: Anorak, "The Happy Mag for Kids," Vol. 71, The Games Issue. Anorak is a total delight for kids of all ages, with puzzles, games, coloring, mazes, and plenty of other activities, all of it beautifully illustrated in vibrant colors. Cover art: Isabel Tong anorakmagazine.com/en-us
September 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
What I'm Reading: Anorak, "The Happy Mag for Kids," Vol. 71, The Games Issue. Anorak is a total delight for kids of all ages, with puzzles, games, coloring, mazes, and plenty of other activities, all of it beautifully illustrated in vibrant colors. Cover art: Isabel Tong anorakmagazine.com/en-us
What I'm Reading: Not Here to Make Friends, Season 3. An obsessively smart and funny look at reality TV in all its forms, including essays/stories on The Real Housewives, Jersey Shore, Love Island, USA, Dance Moms, and a throwback to the Girls of the Playboy Mansion. nhtmfzine.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
What I'm Reading: Not Here to Make Friends, Season 3. An obsessively smart and funny look at reality TV in all its forms, including essays/stories on The Real Housewives, Jersey Shore, Love Island, USA, Dance Moms, and a throwback to the Girls of the Playboy Mansion. nhtmfzine.com
I spent this morning at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in Lower Manhattan. The highlight was a great talk by fashion design icon Norma Kamali.
September 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I spent this morning at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in Lower Manhattan. The highlight was a great talk by fashion design icon Norma Kamali.
What I'm Reading: Chew, The Yummy Mag for Kids, Vol. 02. Published in the UK by the folks who produce Anorak magazine, Chew is beautiful, tasty, and very engaging, jam-packed with games, puzzles, crafts, recipes, and lots more fun kids activities. anorakmagazine.com/en-us/collec...
September 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
What I'm Reading: Chew, The Yummy Mag for Kids, Vol. 02. Published in the UK by the folks who produce Anorak magazine, Chew is beautiful, tasty, and very engaging, jam-packed with games, puzzles, crafts, recipes, and lots more fun kids activities. anorakmagazine.com/en-us/collec...
DOT, The Happy Mag for Preschoolers, is a quarterly publication from the UK filled with games, puzzles, crafts, and pure joy for kids five and under. The mag is beautifully illustrated and designed, printed on sturdy thick paper that makes it easy to use and reuse. anorakmagazine.com/en-us/pages/...
September 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
DOT, The Happy Mag for Preschoolers, is a quarterly publication from the UK filled with games, puzzles, crafts, and pure joy for kids five and under. The mag is beautifully illustrated and designed, printed on sturdy thick paper that makes it easy to use and reuse. anorakmagazine.com/en-us/pages/...
What I'm Reading: No Way Back, Issue 1, "Resurrecting Long-Lost Subculture and Music Journalism from 1977-1989." A brilliant collection of archival journalism from publications in the US and UK, all wrapped up in a stunningly designed, book-like format, via B.A.M. London. www.nowayback.co
September 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
What I'm Reading: No Way Back, Issue 1, "Resurrecting Long-Lost Subculture and Music Journalism from 1977-1989." A brilliant collection of archival journalism from publications in the US and UK, all wrapped up in a stunningly designed, book-like format, via B.A.M. London. www.nowayback.co
When my daughters were small, they used to lie on the floor with a box of markers and a stack of Anorak magazines, the "Happy Mag for Kids" from the UK. Thanks to editor Cathy Olmedillas, I have the new issue, plus Dot (for younger kids) and Chew, "The Yummy Mag for Kids." anorakmagazine.com/en-us
September 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
When my daughters were small, they used to lie on the floor with a box of markers and a stack of Anorak magazines, the "Happy Mag for Kids" from the UK. Thanks to editor Cathy Olmedillas, I have the new issue, plus Dot (for younger kids) and Chew, "The Yummy Mag for Kids." anorakmagazine.com/en-us
What I'm Reading: You Should Have Seen Us Howling: When Buffalo Ruled the Inland Seas, written by Jeff Z. Klein, illustrated by Scott A. Wood. A rollicking, engaging, and poignant graphic history of Buffalo's Lake Erie port days, back when it was the fifth largest port in the U.S. Via Amazon
September 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
What I'm Reading: You Should Have Seen Us Howling: When Buffalo Ruled the Inland Seas, written by Jeff Z. Klein, illustrated by Scott A. Wood. A rollicking, engaging, and poignant graphic history of Buffalo's Lake Erie port days, back when it was the fifth largest port in the U.S. Via Amazon
What I'm Reading: The Cut, Fall 2025, via New York magazine. This is by far my favorite of their standalone editions to date, packed with fashion and style goodness. There are four covers, but this one of actress Sarah Paulson is pure genius, with photo by Mar + Vin and styling by Jessica Willis.
September 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
What I'm Reading: The Cut, Fall 2025, via New York magazine. This is by far my favorite of their standalone editions to date, packed with fashion and style goodness. There are four covers, but this one of actress Sarah Paulson is pure genius, with photo by Mar + Vin and styling by Jessica Willis.
What I'm Reading: The Fence, Issue 24, "The UK's only magazine." A little bit New Yorker, a little bit alternative, and a lot of old school British humor and satire mags, The Fence is a blast to read and features brilliantly graphic design and illustration. Cover by Nishant Choksi www.the-fence.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
What I'm Reading: The Fence, Issue 24, "The UK's only magazine." A little bit New Yorker, a little bit alternative, and a lot of old school British humor and satire mags, The Fence is a blast to read and features brilliantly graphic design and illustration. Cover by Nishant Choksi www.the-fence.com
The latest cover (front and back) of New York Review of Architecture (May-August 2025) is just so cool! Illustration by Sean Suchara, art director: Laura Coombs, editor: Samuel Medina. nyra.nyc
September 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The latest cover (front and back) of New York Review of Architecture (May-August 2025) is just so cool! Illustration by Sean Suchara, art director: Laura Coombs, editor: Samuel Medina. nyra.nyc
I'm loving this latest cover of The New York Review of Books, August 21, 2025. Cover illustration and type (even the logo is drawn!) by Liana Finck, art editor: Leanne Shapton.
September 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I'm loving this latest cover of The New York Review of Books, August 21, 2025. Cover illustration and type (even the logo is drawn!) by Liana Finck, art editor: Leanne Shapton.