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<title>
July 30, 1990: From The Publisher
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
July 30, 1990 Mr. Germany
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 5
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<p> Magazine art directors are something like chefs. They are
rarely seen at work in public, and their genius comes from an
ability to blend a variety of ingredients into a new creation
that enhances each product. For the past decade, art director
Rudolph Hoglund has brought words, photographs and graphics
together to increase the impact of TIME stories. Last week we
marked Hoglund's 10th anniversary by inviting a group of
editors and artists to an informal seminar on the future of
magazine design. Says graphics director Nigel Holmes, who
arranged the event: "I thought we should reflect a bit on what
Rudy has been doing to evolve the look of TIME. It was a way
of educating ourselves about the efforts we make every week to
invent the best possible way of communicating stories."
</p>
<p> Hoglund's tenure has bridged TIME's transition to full color
as well as the computer revolution in publishing. A native of
Cleveland, he began his career at a newspaper syndicate, hand
lettering the dialogue balloons in Alley Oop and other cartoon
strips. He served as art director of the now defunct More
magazine, a journalism review, before coming here in 1977 as
deputy to Walter Bernard, his predecessor as art director.
Together, Bernard and Hoglund created the design that remains
the basis for TIME's look today. That design began to evolve
almost immediately as editors and art directors discovered its
flexibility. Technology has made that task both easier and more
overwhelming. Our art directors work directly on Macintosh II
computers, which allow for variations never imaginable in the
days of sketch pads, scissors and pastepots. The basic task,
however, has not changed: it is still, as founder Henry Luce
described it, to get information off the page and into the
minds of readers. Says Hoglund: "I try to give the reader a
comfortable sense of continuity in our design, to strip away
decorations and distractions and to enrich the voices of our
writers, photographers and artists."
</p>
<p> As a tribute to his effectiveness in doing that, several
freelance artists, who have produced 47 TIME cover
illustrations, collaborated on a portrait of Hoglund that was
presented to him at last week's seminar. Each artist
interpreted a section of a photograph by William Coupon, who
took the picture on this page. Clockwise, from the section of
the original photograph in the upper right of the image, the
artists are: Allen Hirsch, Mirko Ilic, Paul Davis, Seymour
Chwast and Robert Giusti.
</p>
<p>-- Louis A. Weil III
</p>
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