A great magazine cover attracts the reader with alluring images and solid display; the perfect blend of editorial and design that makes the magazine such a unique and special medium. At this year’s National Magazine Awards gala on June 7 [INFO & TICKETS] one of these 10 nominees will earn the right to be called Canada’s best magazine cover:
“Are We Happy Yet?” – Adbusters, Art Direction by Will Brown and Pedro Inoue“March/April 2012” – Azure, Art Direction by Concrete Design Communications“The New Oilpatch” – Canadian Business, Art Direction by John Montgomery“The Secret Khadr File” – Maclean’s, Art Direction by Stephen Gregory“Issue 45” – Maisonneuve, Art Direction by Anna Minzhulina“Colombia” – Report on Business, Art Direction by Domenic Macri“January 12, 2012” – The Grid, Art Direction by Vanessa Wyse“That Time We Beat the Americans” – The Walrus, Art Direction by Brian Morgan & Anita Kunz“The Northwest Passage” – Up Here, Art Direction by John Pekelsky“July/August 2012” – Vancouver Magazine, Art Direction by Randall Watson