Editors’ Letter + Table of Contents

EDITORS' LETTER (via SLACK)

PERRIN [12:02 PM]

So how’d we come up with this one? Who pitched this theme? Who gets the pat on the back this time around?

MEG [12:02 PM]

Wait where’s Liz?

LIZ [12:02 PM]

Here!

LIZ [12:03 PM]

Sorry, just finding the right mood music to drown out office chatter.

MADDY_MORLEY [12:04 PM]

I think I pitched “Gossip” a year ago, and this seemed like the right time for it, now that we’re seeing how big of an impact things like tabloids and fake news can have on politics and culture.

LIZ [12:05 PM]

Right, but we quickly came to realize that gossip wasn’t just about those knee-jerk negative connotations, which made the theme waaaaay more interesting.

PERRIN [12:06 PM]

Were we ever afraid that we wouldn’t find a design thread? That maybe “Gossip” was actually too esoteric for a graphic design magazine?

EMILY [12:06 PM]

I reckon we were down with the idea of gossip as a form of communication pretty quickly. And of course, design is communication, too.

EMILY [12:07 PM]

Like Liz said, that means gossip isn’t just trash-talking and housewife chat.

LIZ [12:07 PM]

Unless you’re talking about Maddy’s piece on Tupperware—and then it really is...