Revolving Door: New York Observer Hires Ivylise Simones as New Design Director

Thanks to a tip from a reader, we’ve learned that the New York Observer is soon to have a new design director. They’ve hired Ivylise Simones, who will step in to the new position next week, on October 18th. Simones was most recently responsible for helping People design their new iPad app, and was previously employed at the Village Voice, overseeing and designing “all the art and photo content for the alt. weekly and website” (she was responsible for one of our favorite features in the Voice, last year’s wonderfully bizarre and unexpected “The