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Cover of the Day: Friday Edition

Cover of the Day 03.29.13 posted by The Editors

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from around the world.

Fortune, April 15, 2013

Creative Director: Brandon Kavulla
Photographer: Dan Forbes

SPD-U Update: A Busy Spring for Students!

Students 03.29.13 posted by The Editors

In case you're not keeping up with us over on our Student Blog and SPD-U Facebook page, our SPD-U Student Outreach group is in the midst of a very active spring. Check out what's been going on and encourage any students and junior designers you know to attend our upcoming events:

• We recently announced our top 3 winners in the 2013 Student Design Competition. Check out first-, second- and third-place now and look for more commentary and winning entries to come.

• This coming Wednesday, April 3, we have what is sure to be a lively discussion about creating magazines on the tablet and how students can prepare themselves.

• Then NEXT Wednesday, April 10, we have an awesome group of pros giving Student Portfolio Reviews.

Cover of the Day: Wednesday Edition

Cover of the Day 03.27.13 posted by The Editors

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from around the world.

The Walrus, April 2013

Art Director: Brian Morgan
Illustrator: Jeff Kulak

Save the Date!

48 03.26.13 posted by The Editors

The biggest and most prestigious awards show in the publishing design business is coming up on May 10th 2013. All the medal winners for SPD's PUB 48 competition will be announced, fancy photos will be taken (for your facebook profiles!), great food will be eaten and bespoke drinks (lots of them we suspect!) will be consumed! We will be returning to the scene of the crime (New York City's very showbiz Cirpiani's on Wall Street will once again be the venue) so get your finery ready (black tie recommended) and brace yourselves for another great night of celebration, networking a whole lot of fun! There will be a few surprises and changes this year, more on that later but for now get us on your calendar!

Cover of the Day: Monday Edition

Cover of the Day 03.25.13 posted by The Editors

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from around the world.

Garden & Gun, April 2013

Art Director: Marshall McKinney
Photography Director: Maggie Brett Kennedy
Photographer: David McClister

Cover of the Day: Friday Edition

Cover of the Day 03.22.13 posted by The Editors

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from around the world.

Populous, Issue 8

Art Direction: Deep Design

Populous is published by the architecture firm of the same name (formerly HOK Sport), who specializes in the design of sporting venues around the world, including the recently completed venue for the 2012 London Olympics.

Cover of the Day: Thursday Edition

Cover of the Day 03.21.13 posted by The Editors

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from around the world.

The Hollywood Reporter, March 22 - 29

Creative Director: Shanti Marlar

Photo Director: Jennifer Laski

View all four covers after the jump...

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Cover of the Day: Monday Edition

Cover of the Day 03.18.13 posted by The Editors

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Inked, April 2013

Creative Director: Todd Weinberger

Photographer: Kareem Black

Photo Editor: Susan Hennessey

PUB 48 Merit Winners Announced

48 03.15.13 posted by The Editors

Following up on the Medal Finalists Announcement, we are proud to present the print and digital MERIT WINNERS from the world's most prestigious editorial design competition.

Official notifications will be emailed to all the winners. Please save the date for the 48th Annual Awards Gala, Friday, May 10th at Cipriani Wall Street. Tickets go on sale soon.

Congratulations to the following publications...
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Cover of the Day: Friday Edition

Cover of the Day 03.15.13 posted by The Editors

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Velo News, December 2012

Art Director: Mike Reisel

Photographer:

Cover of the Day: Thursday Edition

03.14.13 posted by The Editors

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Entertainment Weekly, March 2013

Design Director: Kory Kennedy

Logo Illustrator: Daniel Forkin
Photography Director: Lisa Berman

Senior Associate Photo Editor: Matthew Levinson

Cover of the Day: Classics Edition

Cover of the Day 03.13.13 posted by The Editors

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, Classic Edition, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from the archives.

Modern Packaging, April 1955

Art Director: Walter Allner

Better with Age? An Icon Reinvents at 60

New+Notable 03.12.13 posted by Patrick Mitchell

Last month, 60 years after its founding, Aperture Foundation relaunched its flagship publication Aperture, one of the world's leading photography magazines. Conceived by Executive Director Chris Boot, and editors Michael Famighetti and Melissa Harris to offer a more focused experience of great photography in print, the new Aperture sports a bold, new redesign, with more pages, new columns, even more inspiring images, and insightful thinkers on the key themes and ideas in photography today, all written with a broader audience in mind.

The award-winning London designers A2/SW/HK have re-envisioned the magazine as a luxurious print object defined by its tactile presence, dynamic typography unique to Aperture, and high-quality reproductions.

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Cover of the Day: Monday Edition

Cover of the Day 03.11.13 posted by The Editors

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Motor Trend, 2012

Creative Director: Alan Muir

Sr Art Director: Andy Mock

A special issue dedicated to Carroll Shelby (1923-2012), a legendary car racer and designer.

Cover of the Day: Friday Edition

Cover of the Day 03.08.13 posted by The Editors

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from around the world.

Sports Illustrated, March 11, 2013

Creative Director: Chris Hercik

Illustration: Tim O'Brien

SPD 48 Medal Finalists: Magazine of the Year, Print and Digital

48 03.07.13 posted by The Editors

The moment we've all been waiting for! The Society of Publication Designers is proud to announce the The Medal Finalists of the world's most prestigious editorial design competition.

You'll find the full list of medal nominees after the jump...

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Breaking: Time/Meredith Merger a No-Go

Breaking News 03.06.13 posted by Patrick Mitchell

Well, that didn't last long. In a surprising turn of events, the proposed merger between Time Inc. and Meredith Corporation has fallen apart. In a memo to staff obtained by SPD today, Time Inc. CEO Jeff Bewkes announced that the magazine group will become an "independent, publicly-traded company."

The memo further states that, despite the rumors of Time, SI, Money, and Fortune not being part of the proposed deal with Meredith, "all of Time Inc.'s magazines will stay in the portfolio."

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Cover of the Day: Wednesday Edition

Cover of the Day 03.06.13 posted by The Editors

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Time, March 11, 2013

Design Director: D.W. Pine

Photograph: Pieter Hugo

Pop-Up Portfolio: Hector Sanchez

Portfolios 03.05.13 posted by Patrick Mitchell

WHO: Hector Sanchez

AGE: 39

LOCATION: Indianapolis, Indiana

DAY JOB: DD, Indianapolis Monthly

C.V.: Hector began his career working for Newcity, an alternative weekly in Chicago, before moving on to become the AD at Chicago magazine. A brief stint at Danilo Black (as in Roger Black) took him to Monterrey, Mexico, where he worked on several projects including Tú, the Mexican equivalent of Tiger Beat. Since then, Sanchez has zig-zagged his way across the country working for city magazines such as Atlanta Magazine, Portland Monthly, and finally, Indianapolis Monthly. Sanchez also works with his wife Alejandra on several freelance projects.

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Swissted: Punk Rock Posters in Swiss Modernist Style

03.05.13 posted by Robert Newman

Mike Joyce has been creating amazingly cool CD covers, music packaging, and posters for years through his work at Stereotype Design. His side project has been Swissted, his effort to recreate classic punk rock gig posters from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, in Swiss Modernist style. Now there's a brilliant collection of the best of these posters in book form.

With Swissted, Joyce takes the raw, ragged xeroxed posters that he loved in his youth growing up outside Albany, NY, and reimagines them using only Akzidenz Grotesk medium lowercase type and graphic elements. It's a typography and design geek's dream! Bands like Fear, the Germs, Social Distortion, Black Flag, and the Minutement are given precise, geometric treatments, complete with opening acts and gig dates and locations. Joyce also includes homages to more mainstream and new wave bands like the Clash, R.E.M., and the Smiths, but you can see his heart lies with the thrashing sounds (and funky poster design) of hardcore punk rock.
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Cover of the Day: Monday Edition

Cover of the Day 03.04.13 posted by The Editors

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Rivista Ufficiale NBA, March 2013

Creative Director: Francesco Poroli

Poll: Is Businessweek's Cover "Offensive"?

Controversy 03.01.13 posted by The Editors

Controversy has been brewing all week over a cover created by Richard Turley and his team at Bloomberg Businessweek. The February 25, 2013 cover, titled "The Great American Housing Rebound" features an illustration by Andres Guzman depicting an African-American family celebrating in a house stuffed with piles of cash.

The NAACP's Dedrick Muhammad told New York the cover was "racist and a mischaracterization. They are clearly racializing the issue by having mostly Blacks and Latinos--possibly only Blacks and Latinos--benefitting."

According to the New York article, the dust up first erupted this morning after Matthew Yglesias at Slate wrote about the cover (in an article titled "Businessweek Warns that Minorities May Be Buying Houses Again") and suggested that the magazine "ought to be ashamed."

Soon after that post went up, the Twittersphere was in an outcry over the offending image, with thousands of tweets calling for an explanation of just how the cover made it to print. By this afternoon, even Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley was calling the cover art "racist" and "outrageous."

Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel has since offered an apology.

Now it's your turn to weigh in. How do you feel about this cover?

poll by twiigs.com

Cover of the Day: Friday Edition

Cover of the Day 03.01.13 posted by The Editors

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How, March 2013

Senior Art Director: Bridgid McCarren

Illustration: FAME

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