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Getting it covered, Jenny Nicholls

Posted on December 1, 2012 by NZ Books

North & South magazine art director Jenny Nicholls looks into the future of book design. Recently I was sent a photography book published by Taschen – Mario Testino: Private View – to review. I had been looking forward to the…

Tagged with: Issue 100, Jenny Nicholls, Summer 2012
Posted in Comment, ebooks, Media

Under cover, Jenny Nicholls

Posted on December 1, 2005 by NZ Books

Fronting up: Classic New Zealand Magazine Covers Richard Wolfe David Ling Publishing in association with Auckland War Memorial Museum, $49.99, ISBN 1877378062 There are too many magazines. But I would say that. For a number of years (outside the timespan…

Tagged with: Auckland War Memorial Museum, David Ling Publishing, Issue 72, Jenny Nicholls, Richard Wolfe, Summer 2005
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology

But is it art? Jenny Nicholls

Posted on December 1, 2003 by NZ Books

Paste Up – A Century of New Zealand Poster Art Hamish Thompson Godwit, $39.95, ISBN 1869621042 In February, Auckland Mayor Banks found himself compelled to tell immigrants not to spit in public. “Many of them come from countries where spitting…

Tagged with: Godwit, Hamish Thompson, Issue 64, Jenny Nicholls, Summer 2003
Posted in Art, History, Non-fiction, Review