My notebook held up against my computer screen, showing the opening page for an article about glass paperweights. Paperweights photo by Eric Jump.
I made it! Another edition of UPPERCASE magazine has been designed. Here's the tiniest possible preview of what's inside:
Many of you have written in to say how much you've enjoyed seeing more of the design process, thank you for your encouragement.
Here's the full opening spread from the Paperweights article by Kerrie More. It's an extensive 10-page article with various makers and collectors.
Here's one of my favourite spreads; an Annotated article by Emily Joyce featuring Jonathan Michael Ray who rescues old stained glass: “Collecting is at the heart of my practice. Objects, materials, ideas, process, words. This is my world-building; a complex and vague amalgamation of everything that helps me question and understand existence.”
The Abecedary, written by Lydie Raschka, is always fun to design!
Claire Dibble has a beautifully photographed and written profile about Maki Teshima:
I suspect that most of my American newsletter readers have other things on their minds today (go vote!), so I will save the big cover reveal for another week.
As always, UPPERCASE magazine is full of well-written articles and great imagery. I've only shown you 8 of its 132 pages! Other than mentions of UPPERCASE's books and digital archive, there are no ads or sponsorships in my magazine.
For everyone who submitted to the open calls, thank you! Once the files are done, I will be letting everyone know about the status of their submissions.
There's another round of proofing today and then final files will be sent to the printer tomorrow.
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