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CONVERSATION
Spring Cleaning
In case you haven’t noticed, things look a little different around here this month. For the first time in more than a decade, Cleveland Magazine has undergone a redesign. For the past four months, art director Erin Stinard has led the effort, taking the magazine down to the design studs before building it up to the sleek, modern pages you see in front of you. Below are Stinard’s thoughts on the redesign.
Q. What was your favorite part of the redesign?
A. The new nameplate/logo for Cleveland Magazine. That was the most collaborative part of the process, and it’s a big change. That part really came down to the wire, but that’s what makes it fun.
Q. What was the toughest decision you had to make?
A. Picking a font! The headline font that we went with — Flecha Bronzea L from R-Typography — was one I kept going back to. But there are so many fonts out there that it’s easy to go down a rabbit hole looking at absolutely everything.
Q. What magazines (or other forms of media) did you use as inspiration?
A. Texas Monthly, Entertainment Weekly and GQ are the three publications that I look at the most. Their use of white space and typography treatments are what I turned to for inspiration.
Q. Which part of the old design were you most sad to see go?
A. I’m surprised to say this, but I think I’ll miss the old color palette.
MAN’S BEST FRIEND
In honor of National Pet Day on April 11, read about how some Clevelanders fell in love with their favorite four-legged friends. clevelandmagazine.com/petguide
ZOO DAY
Interested in learning about more exotic animals? Check out our guide to this summer at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. clevelandmagazine.com/zooguide
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Our People
She’s one of our own — and now she’s at the top of the masthead of one of the biggest magazines in the country. Liz Vaccariello, a Cleveland native and former Cleveland Magazine editor, has been named the new editor of People magazine after two decades working in New York City for a handful of publications, including Reader’s Digest, Parents and Real Simple. “In many ways, I’m going back to my journalism roots,” says Vaccariello.
SEE MORE OF LIZ ON PAGE 72
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