Metropolis September 2011 Cover
with Dungjai Pungauthaikan
Photography: Magda Biernat
Featured in PRINT magazine's Regional Design Annual
Ten years after September 11, the site of the World Trade Center remains a work in progress. Metropolis commemorated the anniversary with a literal "moment of silence" by removing all headlines from the cover – a bold move rarely seen in mainstream publishing.
Metropolis September 2012 Cover
Art Direction and Design: Ashley Stevens
Creative Director: Dungjai Pungauthaikan
Interiors and product designer Ilsa Crawford is known for using a hands-on, tactile process to create comfortable spaces that put human needs at the forefront. We held a photoshoot in her London studio with Crawford in front of the studio's sprawling mood board to create this Metropolis cover – highlighting Crawford's process, practice, and products.
Metropolis Thirtieth Anniversary Cover
with Dungjai Pungauthaikan
Design: Stephen Doyle
Recognized by Society of Publication Designers
When Metropolis celebrated its thirtieth anniversary, we reached out to Stephen Doyle to create a subtle, structural image for our cover. Doyle created a paper timeline that includes every Metropolis issue and highlights the magazine's colorful past.
Metropolis Game Changers Special Issue
with Dungjai Pungauthaikan
Icon illustrations: Always With Honor
The annual Game Changers issue highlights people and projects across disciplines which transform communities and make global impacts.
Select Metropolis Covers 2010–2013
Creative Direction: Dungjai Pungauthaikan
Each month, we were able to collaborate with a variety of photographers and illustrators to bring the Metropolis covers to life. These are some favorites featuring: Always With Honor, Magda Biernat, Project Projects, Bronson Stamp, Doyle Partners, Seymour Chwast, Ty Cole, and Grimshaw Architects.
The Education Issue
Guest Creative Direction and Design
with Once-Future Office
After a few years away, the Metropolis art department reunited for a guest issue. Working with a redesigned magazine, The Education Issue issue focuses on design and education, and the innovation taking place within the architecture and design industries to enhance creativity and learning.
The Makers
Creative direction: Dungjai Pungauthaikan
Art direction and design: Ashley Stevens
Portrait photography: Ty Cole
The Makers feature focuses on relationships between designers, craftspeople and architects. Metropolis highlighted three different fabrication houses, their work and business practices. To capture each fabricator, we held photoshoots of them each in their workspaces in Long Island City, Philadelphia and Los Angeles.
The Finnish Invasion
Creative direction: Dungjai Pungauthaikan
Art direction and design: Ashley Stevens
The Finnish Invasion highlights five emerging Finnish product designers, their collaborations and business practices as well as Finland's culture, tradition and history of innovation.
New Urbanism
Creative direction: Dungjai Pungauthaikan
Art direction and design: Ashley Stevens
Lettering: Friends of Type
Photography: Edward Burtynsky
"New Urbanism" is a controversial essay in the thirtieth anniversary issue of Metropolis. The issue comprises critical essays on architecture and urban planning over the past thirty years.
The Right Touch
Creative direction: Dungjai Pungauthaikan
Portrait photography: Dave Lauridsen
Koning Eizenberg is a California-based architectural firm that focuses mainly on cultural centers, education buildings, and museums. The Metropolis feature highlights their ability to maximize their architectural work with compelling graphics on and throughout their spaces.
Front and back of book, Metropolis
Creative direction: Dungjai Pungauthaikan
Art direction and design for various front and back of book layouts in Metropolis magazine.