The New York Times Magazine / The Music Issue

Brief: A special print and digital music themed issue of the magazine. Solution & Cultural Context: We used 25 songs as jumping off points for short essays about what’s happening in music today. Structurally, the issue references a stream of music, with each piece flowing from the next, while the design borrows from gig posters’ use of bright color and bold typography. Online, the issue is navigable through a playlist menu, and each essay is accompanied by the music that inspired it. We made autoplay music less intrusive by transitioning from song to song with an audio cross-fade. Audience & Distribution: Our magazine is a weekly publication distributed in the Sunday edition of The New York Times. Voucher Code: