Covers
10.17.09
Andrew Horton's BusinessWeek covers
After you've seen these contemporary covers, visit this website for a gallery of knockout BusinessWeek covers from 1929-2009, collected by Andrew Horton and his colleagues Steven Taylor and Ron Plyman.
Illustration by David Rudes. Reluctant Revolutionary cover illustration by Sean McCabe.
Andrew Horton on his cover design: "My philosophy on covers has always been a simple one: idea beats execution. The most beautifully-realized design doesn't work as well for this magazine as the cleverest, boldest image and headline. BusinessWeek is a magazine of analysis and ideas as much as it is about news breaking, and I feel the magazine is at its best when the cover reflects that. Every single one of these covers started on either my sketch pad or on a napkin at wherever I ate lunch that day."
Left: Illustration by Christoph Niemann. Right: Design by Andrew Horton.
Design by Andrew Horton.
Left: Photograph by Chris Buck. Right: Illustration by Matt Mahurin.
Ostrich head: Brian Stablyk/Getty Images, Ostrich body: Getty Images. Design by Andrew Horton.
Left: Brendan Simalowski (Bernanke), Win McNamee (Paulson), design by Andrew Horton. Right: Illustration by Joe Zeff Design Inc.