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Publication Design 39 Judging Photos, 2004

One of the highlights of each SPD Publication Design annual is the collection of judges photo portraits, taken by an ongoing series of talented photographers. For many years the judges were photographed with their judging groups, generally five to six... MORE

Mitch Shostak Remembered

BY ARTHUR HOCHSTEIN / Illustration by Sean McCabeOn June 25, 2014, the design community and a large circle of friends lost one of its favorite sons, Mitch Shostak. SPD posted something immediately, when the sad news was fresh, before there... MORE

RIP, GreenSource

GreenSource magazine ceased publication in print with it's November/December issue. Creative Director (and SPD President) Francesca Messina recaps highlights of the magazine's design."A few weeks ago, I got the word that McGraw-Hill was folding GreenSource, a trade magazine that covers... MORE

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VINTAGE Magazine's Lavish "Quatrieme" Issue Launches

VINTAGE is a lavishly produced magazine that "brings to the fore, with the eloquent voices of today's writers and artists, the impact of history on our present culture. The term vintage is used in its broadest sense-- focusing on the... MORE

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A Cool (and Melting) GreenSource Cover

For the cover of the January/February 2013 issue of GreenSource, creative director Francesca Messina and art director Heather Haggarty utilized the talents of Ice Sculpture Designs to carve a cityscape out of a 200 pound block of ice, using a... MORE

Cover of the Day: Monday Edition

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from around the world.GreenSource,November/December 2012Creative Director: Francesca Messina Art Director: Heather Haggerty Photo illustration: Michael KenneyPhoto: Joel Avila/Hawkeye photographyGreenSource is the leading US journal covering architecture,... MORE

SPD Speaker Series "Food for Thought" Buy Your tickets NOW!

Are you a foodie?  Or just a food magazine fan? Join industry heavyweights: Anabel Gondelies, Design Director, Food + Mobile, The Food Network,  Stephen Scoble, Creative Director at Food&WineTanya Steel, Editor-in-Chief of epicurious.com,and photographer Melanie Duneafor a tasty discussion of the state of food publication brands... MORE

SPD 47: Francesca Messina's Favorite Magazine

Francesca Messina, Senior Group Art Director, McGraw-HillFavorite Magazine: VintageMy favorite magazine? Impossible to name one. But my fave discovery in the past year was Vintage magazine, which gives an obvious nod to the great FLAIR in it's mission statement, to... MORE

Cover of the Day: Thursday Edition

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from around the world.Green Source, March/April 2012Creative Director: Francesca MessinaArt Director: Matthew GuempleIllustration: LouLou & Tummie... MORE

Cover of the Day, November 28, 2011

Welcome to The SPD Cover of the Day. We post our favorite covers every Monday and Wednesday. Stay tuned for the best and coolest magazine and newspaper covers, as selected by our stellar group of experts. GreenSource, November/December 2011... MORE

Cover of the Day, September 28, 2011

Welcome to The SPD Cover of the Day. We'll be posting our favorite covers every Monday and Wednesday. Stay tuned for the best and coolest magazine and newspaper covers, as selected by our stellar group of experts. GreenSource, September/October... MORE

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Helene Silverman, New AD at Architectural Record

Helene Silverman has been named Art Director at McGraw-Hill's Architectural Record with Sr. Group Art Director Francesca Messina. Silverman had been freelancing for AR since 2010.If you've got news or tips about job changes and promotions, send them to us!... MORE

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Cover of the Day, June 6, 2011

Welcome to The SPD Cover of the Day. We'll be posting our favorite covers every Monday and Wednesday. Stay tuned for the best and coolest magazine and newspaper covers, as selected by our stellar group of experts. Snap, May/June... MORE

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Matt Guemple, New AD at Greensource

Matthew Guemple replaces Ted Keller as Art Director for McGraw-Hill's Greensource, with Sr. Group AD Francesca Messina. Matt had been the Creative Director at DblTruck Design and has held AD and CD positions at Surface, Rolling Stone, Time Out New... MORE

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See SPOTS. Win.

Every art director knows that sometimes the best work you can do in a day is to assign just the right illustrator for that possibly-impossible-to-describe assignment and getting back the perfect solution. "Spot" illustrations may be small in size, but... MORE

Cover of the Day, January 26, 2011

Welcome to The SPD Cover of the Day. We'll be posting our favorite covers every Monday and Wednesday. Stay tuned for the best and coolest magazine and newspaper covers, as selected by our stellar group of experts. Architectural Record, January... MORE

Cover of the Day, November 8, 2010

Welcome to The SPD Cover of the Day. We'll be posting our favorite covers every Monday and Wednesday. Stay tuned for the best and coolest magazine and newspaper covers, as selected by our stellar group of experts. GreenSource, November/December 2010Creative... MORE

Cover of the Day, October 11, 2010

Welcome to the newest feature on the SPD blog: The SPD Cover of the Day. We'll be posting our favorite covers every Monday and Wednesday. Stay tuned for the best and coolest magazine and newspaper covers, as selected by our... MORE

GreenSource Magazine: Forward-Thinking Design

GreenSource is a building trade magazine that is producing amazingly bright, intelligent, original design, filled with spectacular imagery, cutting-edge graphics, and sparkling typography. It's the work of Francesca Messina, Senior Group Art Director at the McGraw-Hill Construction group, and GreenSource... MORE

Trade magazine art directors talk about Ready-Media

The recent launch of Roger Black and friends' new project, Ready-Media, created a storm of controversy within the publication design community. The post about the project that ran on the SPD site garnered almost 80 comments, from some of the... MORE