SPD 50: February 2015 Archives

From the SPD Archives: A Volunteer Army Comic, 2008

The Spring 2008 edition of SPD's Grids newsletter featured a comic strip review of that year's Publication Design judging, as seen by the volunteers. A Volunteer Army was written by Tim Leong (who is currently design director of Entertainment Weekly and Vice-President of SPD) and illustrated by Koren Shadmi.

The cartoon features a look at volunteer fashion, the inability of art directors to fill out entry forms, and a visit to the after-judging party. (Click on the image below to see it full-size).

This judging for Publication Design 50 takes place this weekend, February 6-8, at F.I.T. in New York City, led by co-chairs Florian Bachleda (creative director, Fast Company) and Fred Woodward (design director, GQ).


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From the SPD Archives: Publication Design 38 Judges, 2003

With the judging for SPD Publication Design 50 coming up this weekend (February 6-8), it seems a good time to dig into the Archives for some vintage judges photos.

The Publication Design 38 judging took place in early 2003, at Parsons School of Design. The competition co-chairs (pictured above) were Debra Bishop, design director, Martha Stewart Kids, and Florian Bachleda, design director, Vibe.

Florian returns this year as the co-chair of Pub 50, along with Fred Woodward, design director, GQ. Other Pub 38 judges who are returning to judge Pub 50 include Jill Armus, Richard Baker, Debra Bishop, Michael Grossman, Melanie McLaughlin, Lisa Michurski, Robert Newman, and Robert Priest.

Over 40 judges at Pub 38 were photographed by Henry Leutwyler.
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From the SPD Archives: Volunteers at Publication Design 40 Judging, 2005

The judging for SPD's Publication Design 50 is scheduled for this coming weekend, February 6-8. So it seems a good time to take a look back at some photographs from past judgings.

One of the key components in the smooth running of each Publication Design judging has been the talented crew of volunteers. For many years that crew was organized and directed by Linda Root Pouder. Here is a gallery of photographs of the volunteers from Publication Design 40, in 2005. That was Linda's last year as volunteer coordinator, and also the last year that the judging was held in its traditional Parsons School of Design location, in downtown Manhattan.

The co-chairs of Publication Design 40 were Mary Shanahan, creative director, Town & Country, and Gael Towey, chief creative officer, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Mitch Shostak, principal, Mitch Shostak Studios, was the chair of the non-newsstand category.

The photographs are by Craig Paul and Manuel Rodriguez.

Pictured in this collection of volunteers are current SPD President Brian Anstey (now design director of Instyle), and Vice-President Tim Leong (now design director of Entertainment Weekly). Also pictured is Nancy Stamatopoulos, who took over from Linda Root Pouder as judging volunteer in 2006. Nancy shares some of her memories of the 2005 event and explains some of the details of the volunteering and judging process.

(ABOVE, L-R): Thomas Alberty, Delia Desai, Tim Leong
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