New+Notable: February 2012 Archives

See the newsstand version after the jump.

Read the rest of the review here. See some images and an interview clip with the app's designers, the Brothers Mueller after the jump...

In October 1962, President John F. Kennedy was scheduled to be in Seattle to attend the closing ceremony of the Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair). But Kennedy had to cancel abruptly due to what the White House called a "heavy cold." That cold turned out to be the Cold War's ultimate showdown: The Cuban Missile Crisis. The world was on alert.

Meanwhile, the Pacific Northwest was focused on the future. The fair spawned a building boom for Seattle that included the iconic Space Needle, the Monorail, Key Arena, Seattle Center, and the Pacific Science Center, among many others. It was even used as the setting for one of Elvis Presley's finest films, It Happened at the World's Fair.

With that background--and maybe a little Mad Men inspiration thrown in on the side--Seattle Met recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Seattle World's Fair by creating a commemorative series of covers. Design Director André Mora has the details after the jump.