I know this is vaguely old news by now, but since today has turned out to be a little about the Cosmos and the future, I thought I'd link to the very nice behind-the-scenes napkin round up Wired posted about their cover shoot with Steve Carell and photographer Brent Humphreys.

I really like how Wired seems to keep records of how they put an issue together; it's these little things that make them seem so transparent and interesting. They're a quality rag without the intimidation. Even though they just won one of the biggest magazine awards on the block.


Some excerpts:

Humphreys drew sketches while squeezed into a window seat on his flight to shoot Steve Carell. "The upshot was those little napkins provided me with a sense of confidence and control," Humphreys says. "Of course, the flight attendant thought I was crazy and so did the passengers next to me when they finally woke."




Humphreys planned the shots, including one in which Carell would hold a Rubik's Cube. "Steve seemed to get a kick out of the idea of such a highly produced photo shoot in LA," Humphreys says. When Carell saw the napkins, he told Humphreys, "That's not my nose..." The photographer blamed it on turbulence.