Alternative Weeklies: June 2010 Archives

The Village Voice Queer Issue Cover

The Village Voice continues their recent run of provocative and memorable covers with this week's Queer Issue. On the cover are three guys (Ronnie, Mike, and Vinny) from MTV's Jersey Shore reality show. The headline: "The Guido Ideal: MTV's surprise hit accents the real situation: Jersey's shore on the down-low." Art director: John Dixon.

A Redesign for Atlanta Altweekly Creative Loafing

Newspaper designer/art director Ron Reason has a smart new post on his website about his recent redesign of Atlanta alternative weekly Creative Loafing. The redesign was conceptualized in a week-long "redesign boot camp" that Reason organized with the paper's staff. There's a lot of good behind-the-scenes information, plus some creative approaches to organizing and naming departments and sections. And there are some thoughtful new ways of integrating ads into the edit, an acknowledgement that these days art directors need to pay as much attention to commerce as they do art.