The Take Cover Project – Rockstar Games
No, you’re not having some sort of hallucination, that’s a hummingbird with a skull and somewhere in there amongst the insects, there’s also a caffeine-hungry Statue Of Liberty, an eagle and a helicopter. This fantastical work of art is what the creative team at gaming kingpin Rockstar has created for our 20th Anniversary Take Cover Project. [Read more...]
March 31st, 2011
Take Cover Project – Christopher Bailey
This cover is thanks to multi-award winning chief creative director of Burberry, Christopher Bailey. Only two days left this week to show the remaining designs – a couple of crackers coming up tomorrow. [Read more...]
March 30th, 2011
Take Cover Project – Paul Smith
A typically stylish contribution to our 20th anniversary covers from Knight of the realm and British menswear pioneer for more than 40 years, Paul Smith.
March 30th, 2011
The Take Cover Project – Keith Richards
We’re entering the final stages of our month-long portfolio of the designs in our 20th anniversary cover project. Today it’s none other than founder member of the Rolling Stones, bluesman, songwriter and rock god Keith Richards.
March 29th, 2011
Cover of the day – by Mark Ronson
Here’s the April cover as designed by DJ, musician, producer, label boss, style icon and twice Esquire cover star Mark Ronson. We’ll be running the remaining covers in our 20th anniversary cover project over the next few days. Names to come include Cat Deeley, Massive Attack and the one and only Keith Richards.
March 28th, 2011
The Take Cover Project – Goldie
Jungle and drum’n’bass pioneer, DJ and visual artist
Tell us about your cover.
I was really excited to do an Esquire 20th anniversary cover. It’s been a massive magazine for a very long time that has always had a real dapper style. When we first got approached to design
one I thought it was going to be a tricky process, but then
I thought a cover girl reminiscent of the Fifties style would suit it perfectly. I look forward to seeing all the other covers.
Today’s cover is from jungle and drum’n’bass pioneer, DJ and visual artist Goldie. [Read more...]
March 24th, 2011
The Take Cover Project continued
Today’s Esquire cover is from Pringle of Scotland, makers of luxury knitwear since 1815 – this exclusive design was produced by David Shrigley (the only contributor to have two covers in our portfolio). www.pringlescotland.com
March 23rd, 2011
The Take Cover Project – Peter Saville
Creative director of Manchester and the design genius behind Factory Records and the Haçienda
What inspired this cover?
It’s called “The Glitter’s Gone With The Money”. In 1991, as Esquire launched in the UK, I was looking for neo-Pop imagery for a Yohji Yamamoto menswear campaign. The fluorescent renderings of Las Vegas neon made perfect material. The resulting campaign, “Game Over”, juxtaposed this imagery with found phrases designed to question our relationship to consumerism. Ironically, 20 years later, we are asking the same question again.
Manchester’s creative director and the design brain behind Factory Records and the Haçienda explains what inspired his cover design. [Read more...]
March 22nd, 2011
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