Editorial & type / 06

NYT Front Cover Redesign

A New York Times layout-redesign study. The masthead and page treatment draw on the gothic letterforms of the newspaper’s logo across the front page, Arts, and Business sections.

Project type: Editorial redesign study
Practice / role: Editorial & typographic design
Source publication: January 5th 2018 · Behance
Publication date, not a creation-date claim.

Context & credits

A redesign assignment and concept, not a commission from The New York Times. The original reporting, photographs, artwork, and newspaper marks remain credited to their respective creators.

New York Times front-page redesign study with a large gothic T masthead, columns of text, and news photographs. — 01 — Front page redesignOpen full image

Arts-section redesign study with a large gothic A masthead and a grid of artwork and photographs. — 02 — Arts section redesignOpen full image

Business-section redesign study with a large red gothic B masthead, article columns, and photographs. — 03 — Business section redesignOpen full image

Source & provenance

Original project statement

Tasked with redesigning the front page of the New York Times, I found inspiration in the gothic letter shapes of the logo. From there I created the masthead and translated the same treatment throughout the design.

Originally published on Behance: January 5th 2018. This is the portfolio publication date, not a separately confirmed creation date unless stated in the project.

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The source entry displays CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Incorporated third-party artwork, photography, text and marks retain their respective credits.