Communication Arts
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| Frequency | Bi-monthly |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Patrick Coyne |
| Founder | Richard Coyne Robert Blanchard |
| Year founded | 1959 |
| First issue | August 1959 |
| Company | Coyne & Blanchard, Inc. |
| Country | United States of America |
| Based in | Menlo Park, California |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.commarts.com |
| ISSN | 0010-3519 |
Communication Arts (acronym: CA) is the largest international magazine for visual communication.[source?] It is based in Palo Alto, California. The magazine was founded in 1959 by Richard Coyne and Robert Blanchard. It covers many topics. These include graphic design, advertising, photography, illustration, typography and interactive media. Patrick Coyne, the son of Richard Coyne, is the editor and publisher of the magazine. As of September 2023, Communication Arts publishes six issues each year. It also organizes six competitions in graphic design, advertising, photography, illustration, typography,[1] and interactive media. The magazine also manages two websites, commarts.com and creativehotlist.com.
History[change | change source]
The magazine began in 1959. Its first issue, the Journal of Commercial Art, was released in August 1959.[2] It was the first magazine in the United States to be printed using offset lithography.[3]
After Blanchard left to do other business, Coyne, along with his wife Jean and a small team, continued to write, design and publish the magazine. Eventually, the magazine was selling 38,000 of each issue.[source?]
As of 2021, It was selling 21,000 copies of each issue,[4] This was down from 59,429 in 2009.[5]
In November 1990, a non-profit organization called the Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation was created. This organization has funded programs to support young people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. It help pay for their education in art schools. Additionally, it gives scholarships for university studies in graphic design, advertising, photography, and illustration.[6]
Competitions[change | change source]
The magazine started a yearly contest in 1960. This competition grew and expanded into four separate contests that are held each year. There is one contest for graphic design, one for advertising, one for photography, and one for illustration. In 1995, CA added a fifth contest for interactive media. Each of these contests is judged by creative experts. The jurors of each contest give awards based on creativity.[source?]
Websites[change | change source]
In 1995, Communication Arts became the first notable design magazine to have a website.[7][dead link] Besides showing creativity in visual communication, it also had job listings. In 2001, the section on job listings became its own website called Creative Hotlist.[8] These two websites together get about three million views on their pages and 250,000 different visitors every month.[9]
Other websites[change | change source]
- Communication Arts
- Communication Arts on Facebook
- Communication Arts on Twitter
- Communication Arts on Instagram
- The Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Fragkogiannis, Filippos (2023). "Communication Arts 2023 Award of Excellence (Typography)". Filippos Fragkogiannis. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ↑ The Journal of Commercial Art, Vol. 1, #1, August 1959, Palo Alto, California
- ↑ “Yesterday in CA”, Communication Arts, Vol. 31, #2
- ↑ Media Kit 2021
- ↑ Media info Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Jean Coyne 1928–2022". AIGA San Francisco. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ↑ http://www.audreylynn.net/MIPA/MIPA_Resources.html Archived March 31, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Job Search | Creative Talent". Creative Hotlist. Communication Arts. Archived from the original on May 2, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
- ↑ "Communication Arts Media Kit | Website". Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2008.
In 1990, Jean and Richard established the Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation to fund programs managed by educational institutions and non-profit organizations that help economically disadvantaged high-school students develop portfolios to qualify for admission to art school, and provide college scholarships for them to study visual communications.
