Creative Director: Brandon Kavulla
Photography Director: Mia J. Diehl
Information Graphics Director: Nicolas Rapp
Tablet Art Director: Chad McCabe
Deputy Art Director: Michael Solita
Designer: Rose DeMaria
Deputy Photo Editor: Alix Colow
Associate Photo Editor: Armin Harris
Photo Assistant: Michele Taylor
Contributing Designers: Robert Dominguez, Josue Evilla, Sarah Olin
Contributing Photo Editor: Michelle Wolfe
A few extra buttons from FORTUNE’s recent cover, courtesy of Gail Anderson: “The campaign button is such a classic form—circles, arrows, simple typography. The challenge was making it all work at a small scale (and not showing favoritism…).” Gail is a designer, educator and writer. She is a 2008 AIGA Medalist and has been working with Joe Newton since early 2012. Joe is the former “Head of Type” at Veer, and both he and Gail share a history at Rolling Stone (though not together).

A few extra buttons from FORTUNE’s recent cover, courtesy of Gail Anderson: “The campaign button is such a classic form—circles, arrows, simple typography. The challenge was making it all work at a small scale (and not showing favoritism…).”

Gail is a designer, educator and writer. She is a 2008 AIGA Medalist and has been working with Joe Newton since early 2012. Joe is the former “Head of Type” at Veer, and both he and Gail share a history at Rolling Stone (though not together).

Obama vs. Romney: From FORTUNE’s election special (Sept. 3, 2012), out this week. Illustrations by Edel Rodriguez. From Edel: “I’ve illustrated Obama many times and Romney twice. I like this portrait of Obama because it gave me an opportunity to play with scale and get at something monumental. The idea for the arrows comes from what he says about building a country from the bottom up.” Obama vs. Romney: From FORTUNE’s election special (Sept. 3, 2012), out this week. Illustrations by Edel Rodriguez. From Edel: “I’ve illustrated Obama many times and Romney twice. I like this portrait of Obama because it gave me an opportunity to play with scale and get at something monumental. The idea for the arrows comes from what he says about building a country from the bottom up.”

    Obama vs. Romney: From FORTUNE’s election special (Sept. 3, 2012), out this week. Illustrations by Edel Rodriguez.

    From Edel: “I’ve illustrated Obama many times and Romney twice. I like this portrait of Obama because it gave me an opportunity to play with scale and get at something monumental. The idea for the arrows comes from what he says about building a country from the bottom up.”

    A Tale of Two Openers: Originally conceived as a three-story election package with Edel Rodriguez illustrating each story, we later changed the art for the opening essay to a photographic cover outtake. From Edel: “I had a few rough ideas for the gridlock illustration, but this one stood out. Some of the others dealt more with battles among real politicians or the symbols of the parties confronting each other. Having all of the stripes of the flag intertwined and blaming each other made it about the entire country, politicians, business interests, lobbyists, etc., caught up in the fight. The use of arrows also helped tie this illustration to the portraits of Obama and Romney.” Photograph by Sam Kaplan. Button design by Gail Anderson and Joe Newton. Buttons made with TLC by associate photo editor Armin Harris, using some pretty awesome button-making apparatus(es). A Tale of Two Openers: Originally conceived as a three-story election package with Edel Rodriguez illustrating each story, we later changed the art for the opening essay to a photographic cover outtake. From Edel: “I had a few rough ideas for the gridlock illustration, but this one stood out. Some of the others dealt more with battles among real politicians or the symbols of the parties confronting each other. Having all of the stripes of the flag intertwined and blaming each other made it about the entire country, politicians, business interests, lobbyists, etc., caught up in the fight. The use of arrows also helped tie this illustration to the portraits of Obama and Romney.” Photograph by Sam Kaplan. Button design by Gail Anderson and Joe Newton. Buttons made with TLC by associate photo editor Armin Harris, using some pretty awesome button-making apparatus(es).

      A Tale of Two Openers: Originally conceived as a three-story election package with Edel Rodriguez illustrating each story, we later changed the art for the opening essay to a photographic cover outtake. From Edel:

      “I had a few rough ideas for the gridlock illustration, but this one stood out. Some of the others dealt more with battles among real politicians or the symbols of the parties confronting each other. Having all of the stripes of the flag intertwined and blaming each other made it about the entire country, politicians, business interests, lobbyists, etc., caught up in the fight. The use of arrows also helped tie this illustration to the portraits of Obama and Romney.”

      Photograph by Sam Kaplan. Button design by Gail Anderson and Joe Newton. Buttons made with TLC by associate photo editor Armin Harris, using some pretty awesome button-making apparatus(es).