Founded in 1962, New College is a distinguished constituent college of the University of Toronto. In 2016, Acme embarked on a transformative journey to redesign Re:New, the college’s flagship alumni magazine. This initiative aimed to modernize the magazine’s visual identity and editorial approach to better engage and inform its diverse alumni community. Acme executed a comprehensive redesign strategy that revitalized Re:New magazine into a contemporary and visually compelling publication. Acme designed and art directed three issues with themes varying from food equity to entrepreneurship. Most of the editorial photography was done by Acme’s founder Michael Barker.
Re:New Magazine—Renewing an alumni magazine for one of U of T’s youngest (and largest) colleges
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![Close-up detail of a page from New College's alumni magazine Re:New showing a photo of Lydia Gil alongside a quote reading "Under-representation concerns more than questions of racialization." (attributed to Gill)](http://acmeartanddesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ReNew-4_1400px.jpg)
![Re:New Magazine feature article: the Art of Application](http://acmeartanddesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Acme-Renew-8268-RT.jpg)
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![Close-up detail of a page from New College's alumni magazine Re:New showing a photo of Goliath the Gnu—the new college mascot—a gnu with big horns—reading an envelope in front of a mail sorting shelf. The title of the page reads "Postcards from Afar".](http://acmeartanddesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ReNew-10_1400px.jpg)
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