Sunday again. You know what this means in my house. This week, however, I was on a mission to find a friend of ours inside the newspaper, but a couple things first. The cover of the magazine is a simulacrum of the C++ code that exploits a common secutiry flaw in WiFi networks, allowing a hacker to impersonate a user on a particular web site. The code was adapted by Lacy Garrison who does some pretty incredible work for some serious clients.

When I first fished the magazine from the middle of my newspaper I started reading at the top and realized it was a snippet. I then read the type in color and understood the basis of the story before reading the synopsis. Awesome work, beautifully executed.

Additionally I was drawn to the editorial spread opener about soul musicians. At first though I felt that the graffiti on the wall Mayer Hawthorne is sitting on was distracting, but I don’t mind it now. I just with it was a thin tie he was wearing rather than a black stripe on his shirt. The typography here though is just incredible. I so adore the position of that question mark.

And then, I found what I was looking for! Lloyd Eugene Winter IV’s debut with the New York Times. What an awesome accomplishment dude!

Lloyd’s work is in the middle and the spot represents three artist’s takes on the possibilites of warning labels on packaging. Lloyd’s shows the expected expiration of the contents and the packaging looks like it’s already on its way to being mulch. What’s also great is that I’ve not really seen Lloyd ever do work like this before. Expansion. Great work sir!

And, true to himself, he clearly requested NYT specifically credit him “IV”: