NY Talk was a downtown arts and culture paper published in the 1980s.
Mark Michaelson was the art director from 1984-85 and created a remarkable-looking publication, stunning in its bold, modern, graphic simplicity. For cover imagery he drew on downtown New York artists and his own creative mind. Michaelson went on to art direct
New York,
Newsweek,
Allure, and
Radar, among others, and was instrumental in the launch of
Entertainment Weekly and the late 90s redesign of
Details. In 2006 he published a book of his collection of mugshots,
Least Wanted
. Here are five classic
NY Talk covers.
(Above): NY Talk, December 1984.
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