Magazine by Hambly & Woolley for Wayward Arts Magazine

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CLIENT

Way­ward Arts is a month­ly mag­a­zine curat­ed by a dif­fer­ent award win­ning design stu­dio each issue, work­ing with the finest print crafts­men at Flash Repro­duc­tions to pro­duce the mag­a­zine of their col­lec­tive dreams.

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BRIEF

Each issue is devel­oped by a dif­fer­ent award-win­ning Cana­di­an design stu­dio who get to work with the finest print crafts­men and the finest paper to pro­duce the mag­a­zine of their dreams.

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APPROACH

The main chal­lenge with the Bees issue was print­ing and fold­ing tex­tured paper with­out any wear and tear. The beau­ti­ful design spoke for itself. 

Judge’s Com­ments
We’ve seen any num­ber of cliché-rid­den designs that involve bees. This is not one of them. Yes, there is use of the req­ui­site hexa­gon and flo­res­cent yel­low plays a key role, yet page after page proves to be much like bees them­selves: hard-work­ing, and cre­at­ing delight­ful­ly sweet con­tent. Pho­tos, art, text, col­or, typog­ra­phy, inks, paper, print­ing, come togeth­er in a har­mo­nious blend not unlike the fla­vors found by com­bin­ing clover and Black Locust in a lip-smack­ing Cana­di­an hon­ey. Details include a cov­er-wrap that dou­bles as a poster, arti­cles on archi­tec­ture, Napoleon, and cur­rent abo­rig­i­nal api­ary tech­niques, and a hive full of bee-relat­ed images. This piece had every juror buzzing. — Marc Eng­lishThe last time I had a run in with a bee, my heart stopped and had to be restart­ed by para­medics. This time, almost! A mar­velous design romp through styles and mate­ri­als, these bees were mag­net­ic and had all the jurors return­ing to the hive over and over, each time with new dis­cov­er­ies. — Stephen DoyleEach spread is rich­ly pat­terned and diverse, giv­ing a vibrant and excit­ing feel. — John Ear­lesBees have been on my mind late­ly as I mow acres and acres of grass and clover on the trac­tor, hop­ing they buzz away before the blades…They are amaz­ing crea­tures and giv­en their due in this pub­li­ca­tion, help­ing to raise our aware­ness as their pop­u­la­tions decline due more like­ly to pes­ti­cides and less to my trac­tor. — Jim Sherraden