49: March 2014 Archives

The SPD Magazine of the Year: Gold Medal Magazines & Art Directors

Here's the second of our series of infographics celebrating the history and winners of the SPD Magazine of the Year award.

In 1997, SPD introduced the Magazine of the Year award, a recognition of the publication that featured the top all-around design, imagery, graphics, illustration, and general visual magic. The first winner was 2wice, art directed by Abbott Miller. In the years since, the list of winning magazines and art directors reads like a who's who of publication design: The New York Times Magazine, Details, GQ, Martha Stewart Kids, New York, Bloomberg Businessweek, Wired, and art directors Arem Duplessis, Janet Froelich, Fred Woodward, Patrick Mitchell, Debra Bishop, Luke Hayman, Rockwell Harwood, John Korpics, Richard Turley, and Scott Dadich. The Magazine of the Year is the ultimate SPD award, an acknowledgement by the visual community of the very best in publication design.


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SPD 49 Merit Winners Announced

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 49th Annual Awards Gala, Friday, May 2nd at 4 WTC (yes, a new venue!).  Tickets go on sale soon. 

Congratulations to the following publications...
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The SPD Magazine of the Year: 16 Years of Gold Winners

In 1997, SPD debuted the Magazine of the Year award, a best-of honor voted on by everyone who was a judge at the annual design competition. It is a recognition of the best magazine of the year, the one with the supreme all-around design, imagery, graphics, illustration, and general visual magic. The first winner was 2wice, art directed by Abbott Miller. In the years since, the list of winning magazines and art directors reads like a who's who of publication design: The New York Times Magazine, Details, GQ, Martha Stewart Kids, New York, Bloomberg Businessweek, Wired, and art directors Arem Duplessis, Janet Froelich, Fred Woodward, Patrick Mitchell, Debra Bishop, Luke Hayman, Rockwell Harwood, John Korpics, Richard Turley, and Scott Dadich. The Magazine of the Year is the ultimate SPD award, an acknowledgement by the visual community of the very best in publication design.… MORE

SPD 49 Medal Finalists: Magazine of the Year, Print, and Digital

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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