The bold letterforms are sculpted from primitive shapes—circles, squares, triangles—to mimic the reduced, yet poignant use of language unique to poetry.
Poetry Magazine is the oldest monthly poetry publication in the English-speaking world.
At the core of the publication's identity program—developed for the Poetry Foundation and Magazine by Pentagram in 2018—was the invitation for a guest designer to interpret the letters P O E T R Y to create a unique cover for each issue.
Andrea Trabucco-Campos drew the latest typographic cover by sculpting bold letterforms from primitive shapes—circles, squares, triangles. The cover is inspired by poetry itself: poignant, reduced, yet complete with meaning and expression.
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Retrospective: Shakespeare in the Park
In 1954, impresario Joe Papp began a summer tradition of staging free outdoor performances of Shakespeare, inaugurating the Public Theater’s beloved Shakespeare in the Park festival. Pentagram partner Paula Scher, whose relationship with the Public spans four decades, has designed a new identity for the series for thirty consecutive summers. Each campaign is customized to the season’s theme, creating a highly visible graphic vocabulary for outdoor advertising, social media, and on-site signage.
Retrospective: Shakespeare in the Park
In 1954, impresario Joe Papp began a summer tradition of staging free outdoor performances of Shakespeare, inaugurating the Public Theater’s beloved Shakespeare in the Park festival. Pentagram partner Paula Scher, whose relationship with the Public spans four decades, has designed a new identity for the series for thirty consecutive summers. Each campaign is customized to the season’s theme, creating a highly visible graphic vocabulary for outdoor advertising, social media, and on-site signage.
