Nicholas Blechman

Nicholas Blechman is an American creative director, illustrator and graphic designer. He is best known for his work as the creative director of The New Yorker since 2015, and as the art director of The New York Times Book Review between 2006–2015. Blechman's illustrations are distinctive for their minimal line style and use of simple geometric shapes.

Career

In 2015, Blechman became the creative director of The New Yorker magazine.[1][2] Previously, he worked as the art director of the weekly The New York Times Book Review and The New York Times op-ed pages.[3][4]

His illustrations have appeared on the pages of The New Yorker, Travel + Leisure, GQ, Wired and The New York Times[5] and were exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[6][7]

Blechman has been awarded the Richard Gangel Art Director Award,[8] the 2013 Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize in Design and completed the Rome Prize residency at the American Academy in Rome.[9][10]

He has published, edited, and designed the political underground magazine NOZONE.[11]

He is the son of cartoonist R.O. Blechman.[12][13]

Works

See also

References

  1. ^ O'SHEA, CHRIS (2015-06-15). "Nicholas Blechman Named Creative Director of The New Yorker". Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  2. ^ "Nicholas Blechman on applying subtle redesign tweaks to The New Yorker". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  3. ^ Fulleylove, Rebecca (2021-03-04). "How I Got Here: Nicholas Blechman". Creative Review. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  4. ^ PrintMag (2013-01-31). "My Son, the Art Director. My Dad, the Illustrator". PRINT Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  5. ^ Steigrad, Alexandra (2015-06-15). "The New Yorker Hires Creative Director". WWD. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  6. ^ Fulleylove, Rebecca (2017-07-03). "Christoph Niemann and Nicholas Blechman publish their visual conversations". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  7. ^ Shapiro, Ellen (2017-07-18). "A Conversation About "Conversations"". PRINT Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  8. ^ "Nicholas Blechman | Society of Illustrators". www.societyillustrators.org. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  9. ^ "Nicholas Blechman joins The New Yorker as Creative Director". Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  10. ^ "Nicholas Blechman". American Academy in Rome. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  11. ^ Leslie, Jeremy (2017-06-05). "Nicholas Blechman, The New Yorker". magCulture. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  12. ^ Millman, Debbie (2017-02-27). "Nicholas Blechman". PRINT Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  13. ^ Allen, Erika (2014-06-11). "For Father and Son, a Creative Tug of War". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  14. ^ Nicholas Blechman & Christoph Niemann: 100% Evil - ARTBOOK.


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