Mirko Borsche, the future of the ‘LA Times’ and ‘Openhouse’ magazine

Chapter 1

Mirko Borsche

From titles such as ‘Zeit Magazin’, which set the bar for mainstream newsstand design, to laboratories of weird and wonderful experimentation such as the freesheet ‘Superpaper’, Mirko Borsche’s graphic-design work runs the gamut while retaining an unmistakable visual signature. He talks us through the latest issues of three of his longest-running projects.

Chapter 2

The future of the ‘LA Times’

This week the ‘The Los Angeles Times’ got a new editor in chief. Jim Kirk, who’s taking over from Lewis D’Vorkin, faces a heady cocktail of challenges, including a trade-union campaign by staff, corporate difficulties and an organisational inability to retain good managers.

Chapter 3

‘Openhouse’

‘Openhouse’ is a title that takes readers into the homes and workplaces of creative people the world over, with handsomely illustrated stories published both in the language of the author and in English.