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‘Billboard’

Brand Identity, Editorial Design

Brand identity and editorial design for the influential music magazine.

Opening spread of Topline, the renamed front-of-book section of industry news. Zoom Enlarge

Opening spread of Topline, the renamed front-of-book section of industry news.

Opening spread of the cover story on Prince. Zoom Enlarge

Opening spread of the cover story on Prince.

Reviews section. Zoom Enlarge

Reviews section.

Backbeat section on industry events. Layouts have been opened up to breathe but are still full of information. Zoom Enlarge

Backbeat section on industry events. Layouts have been opened up to breathe but are still full of information.

Redesigned Hot 100 singles chart, now expanded to a full spread. Zoom Enlarge

Redesigned Hot 100 singles chart, now expanded to a full spread.

Redesigned Billboard 200 albums chart. Zoom Enlarge

Redesigned Billboard 200 albums chart.

Redesigned Billboard 200 albums chart. Zoom Enlarge

Redesigned Billboard 200 albums chart.

Detail of the redesigned Hot 100. Analysis of hits and artists now appears in the chart, and weekly designations like 'Digital Gainer' are indicated with a red flag. Zoom Enlarge

Detail of the redesigned Hot 100. Analysis of hits and artists now appears in the chart, and weekly designations like 'Digital Gainer' are indicated with a red flag.

A record's previous positions are now listed to the left, leading up to its current position, in black. Zoom Enlarge

A record's previous positions are now listed to the left, leading up to its current position, in black.