{"id":53887,"date":"2022-11-14T10:47:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T15:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=53887"},"modified":"2022-11-14T21:57:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T02:57:38","slug":"designers-pushing-the-envelope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2022\/11\/designers-pushing-the-envelope.html","title":{"rendered":"Designers Pushing the Envelope . . . ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>The New York Times Magazine used to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2017\/06\/the-evolving-ny-times-nameplate.html\">nameplate<\/a>. It still does. Most of the time it&#8217;s all there. Sometimes you have to search for it. How come? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NYT-covers-spread-750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"456\" data-attachment-id=\"53885\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/nyt-covers-spread-750\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NYT-covers-spread-750.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,456\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NYT covers spread (750)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NYT-covers-spread-750-300x182.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NYT-covers-spread-750.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NYT-covers-spread-750.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NYT-covers-spread-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NYT-covers-spread-750-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Left:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2020\/09\/from-the-design-department-cutting-edge-up-up-and-away-off-the-page.html\">Cover of Sept. 27, 2020<\/a>. <em>Right:<\/em> Cover of Nov. 13, 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> <em>The designers are: <\/em>a)<em> being avant-garde, <\/em>b)<em> reinforcing a theme, <\/em>c)<em> too clever by half, <\/em>d)<em> all three<\/em>, <br><em>or maybe <\/em>e)<em> just having fun:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NYT-mag-cover-feb.13-2022560.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"53921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/nyt-mag-cover-feb-13-2022560\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NYT-mag-cover-feb.13-2022560.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"560,721\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NYT mag cover feb.13, 2022(560)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NYT-mag-cover-feb.13-2022560-233x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NYT-mag-cover-feb.13-2022560.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NYT-mag-cover-feb.13-2022560.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53921\" width=\"406\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NYT-mag-cover-feb.13-2022560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NYT-mag-cover-feb.13-2022560-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Cover of Feb. 13, 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times Magazine used to have a nameplate. It still does. Most of the time it&#8217;s all there. Sometimes you have to search for it. How come?  The designers are: a) being avant-garde, b) reinforcing a theme, c) too clever by half, d) all three, or maybe e) just having fun. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":53914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,18,4,20,23,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-53887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art","8":"category-literature","9":"category-main","10":"category-media","11":"category-news","12":"category-political-culture","13":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NYT-mag-cover-11-13-2022-bdr-365-enh.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-e19","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53887"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53938,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53887\/revisions\/53938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}