Who Says Foreign Policy Can't Look Good?

FP had a pretty good year when it comes to art, with National Magazine Award nominations for cover and for photography -- our first ever in both categories. Here, we celebrate the brilliant designers and photographers who translate ideas (and occasional wonkiness) into things of beauty.

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Killer Apps: A photoillustration by Wind-Up Digital with icon art by Amy Martin turns an iPhone into the ultimate tool of war for the March/April cover package, "Killer Apps: An FP Special Report on the Future of War." Inside the magazine, P.W. Singer's "Meet the SIMS ... And Shoot Them" provided a sobering look at the U.S. military's use of video games as recruitment and training tools. "All told, the U.S. military is spending roughly $6 billion each year on its virtual side," Singer wrote, "embracing the view, as author Tom Chatfield put it, that ‘games are the 21st century's most serious business.'" The issue was nominated for a National Magazine Award for best cover of the year in the News/Business category.

 

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January 29, 2011

21st century's most serious business

All told, the U.S. military is spending roughly $6 billion each year on its virtual side," Singer wrote, "embracing the view, as author Tom Chatfield put it, that ‘games are the 21st century's most serious business.'" The issue was nominated for a National Magazine Award for best cover of the year in the News/Business category.