just rambling discovers some old editions of the Singapore Institute of Architects Journal (SIAJ, now known as Singapore Architect) and showcases some of the cover designs from 1979-1981.

writes just rambling:

I’m really curious who did these covers! Sounds like a story to chase.

After this phase of graphic covers, the magazine switched to photography on its covers, presumably because the technology allowed it to. It was only in 2008, when Kelley Cheng took over the magazine, did it start using graphic covers all over again. But, while the current graphic covers are a stylistic choice, I think these in the past were so because technology only offered these options!

Check out the other covers in his post here.