Martin Colyer

Recent articles by Martin Colyer

In the arms of the cold cold ground

Issue 103, Summer 2022

Opinion

Photographer Robert Gumpert tells the stories of San Francisco’s homeless. By Martin Colyer [EXTRACT]

Is foil the new black? Only when it’s green

Issue 99, Autumn 2019

Feature

A British firm is determined to help designers understand the foiling process, from start to shiny finish. By Martin Colyer

Reputations: David Driver

Issue 97, Autumn 2018

Feature

‘That was the buzz one got about publishing. What do people want? Where are the gaps in the market? You wanted it to push boundaries … give people information that they never possessed before.’ Interview by Martin Colyer

Looking at magazines looking at themselves

Issue 96, Spring 2018

Feature

Five enormous, lavish books celebrate the achievements of five legendary titles: Harper’s Bazaar, Rolling Stone, New York, The Face and Octavo

Serious goals

Issue 96, Spring 2018

Feature

Art director Robert Priest turned editor to make Eight by Eight, an ambitious football title based in Brooklyn

Living in the present

Issue 93, Winter 2016

Review

You want inspiration? Buy this book! It is as simple as that. Cleverly exploring a…

Permanent opposition

Issue 93, Winter 2016

Feature

Perched in a London office overlooking the Thames, Peter Brookes has just hours to turn headline news into hard-hitting cartoons for The Times, skewering vain, inane and insane politicians with meticulous craft

Concrete canvas

Issue 90, Summer 2015

Review

When a Banksy original turns up (usually prised off a wall) and sells for £300,000…

‘Typo’s guaranteed!’

Issue 89, Winter 2014

Review

Do you know of the calypso singer Mighty Sparrow? Or the jazz singer Slim Gaillard…

Studies in black, brown and beige

Issue 86, Autumn 2013

Review

Handsome may be the word to describe this book, conceived by German illustrator Robert Nippoldt…