Article · AIGA Eye on Design
The New Yorker's Senior Designer On What She Looks Out For in Commissioning New Illustration
By Madeleine Morley
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2018
About this lesson
AIGA Eye on Design profiles New Yorker senior designer Deanna Donegan on how she commissions spot and feature illustrations, covering how she scouts new illustrators, matches artist sensibility to story tone, and manages the brief-to-art feedback loop.
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