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Announcing the Next Master Class: Eye of a Photo Editor, with Kira Pollack

We're pleased to announce the next SPD Master Class, and most importantly, the amazing, award-winning, best-of-the-best talent leading it: Kira Pollack, Director of Photography for TIME, TIME.com, TIME on the tablets, the TIME photography site LightBox and companion Tumblr, and, of course, the creative lead behind the multi-media 9/11 project that spanned print, digital, web, television and gallery exhibitions. For just one day, Saturday, December 3, Kira will be giving YOU an extremely exclusive opportunity to learn and to not only be inspired, but also to ask all the questions you want and push back on the answers. Show some of your own work. Address some of your most pressing challenges. Find out how she gets it done...and what she's looking for in the next generation of photo editors. After this 1-day intensive workshop, you'll have a new mentor, a deeper professional network, and a broader skill-set to take to work on Monday morning.
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SPD Presents: ART + INFO Master Class with STEVE DUENES

I don't pretend to be an expert on infographics. In fact, I'm pretty intimidated by all but the ones that have lots of cool spot illustrations (pretty pictures--I get that!), and wish that I could wrap my brain around organizing sometimes-difficult information like a real pro. I believe that it takes a special kind of design thinker to make sense of small bites and facts. Or maybe I just get a whiff of math and head for the hills, which is silly. This stuff is actually fascinating, and, in all seriousness, it's a crucial skill for a designer today.
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SPD Presents: ART + INFO Master Class with STEVE DUENES

SPD offers you an amazing opportunity (again!)--this time, to spend a day with The New York Times Graphics Director, Steve Duenes, in the second of our Master Class series, ART + INFO. Steve manages a group of 30 NYT journalists who research, design, and program the award-winning diagrams, maps, and visualizations for both the Times' website and newspaper. The team's many awards include not only honors from SPD, but also AIGA, SND (The Society of News Design), and the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2009, the New York Times received the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Communication.

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What you'll get from the Master Class.

Just a few days left to register for the Master Class--are you debating still? Wondering how your work, and your work life, will be better on Monday the 19th after you attend the TypIDentity Master Class on Saturday, the 17th? Here are 8 great reasons this is perfect for you: … MORE

Master Class: TypIDentity
"This typeface is confusing."

Ever wonder what it's like at the top?  Ever stare at your Indesign-ed monitor, wishing you could churn out award-winning work (or even work that matters?!) Ever flip through Blender, Wired, or New York and and wish you had those resources, or knew how they got it done? What's separating you from the Dirks, the Dadichs, and the Dixons? Well, now -- ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! If you're one of the first 10 people to sign up for SPD's new Master Class series, that is... … MORE

Introducing: The SPD Master Class

Our goal: an exclusive bi-monthly workshop providing inspiration, education, hands-on skills to SPD Professional members through intimate access to well-respected, award-ridden, top-dog design professionals. After this 1-day intensive workshop, you'll have a new mentor, a deeper professional network, and a broader skill-set to take to work on Monday morning.

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