Recently I had the oppor­tu­nity to com­pete against a few other talen­ted desig­ners to design the cover for the food issue of 944 Maga­zine, a regio­nal lifestyle / cul­ture publication.

I colla­bo­ra­ted with a group of very talen­ted peo­ple to pro­duce some pho­to­graphic covers fea­tu­ring a model hol­ding a cup­cake. I also, on my own, crea­ted some expe­ri­men­tal typo­graphic covers. One using cho­co­late syrup, one car­ved into a pump­kin, and one cons­truc­ted out of the rem­nants of the various food items I had con­su­med that day.

Melinda Shec­kells, the Edi­tor, Jud­ged all of the pie­ces and narro­wed her selec­tion to five fina­lists. My entry was cho­sen as one of the fina­lists. During the next five weeks, she said, each of the final pie­ces will be fea­tu­red on the maga­zine web site and peo­ple will vote for the one they like the best.

The next Mon­day mor­ning I recei­ved an email from Melinda asking if she could use the cho­co­late syrup spread I crea­ted. It wasn’t until after I saw the maga­zine that I lear­ned just what her “wild idea” was — she used it as an “ope­ner” for one of the main artic­les. Right on.