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From the SPD Archives: John Kascht at The Washington Times, 1988-91

John Kascht, who was featured on the SPD site earlier this week pictured at the 1990 SPD26 gala, took home the gold that evening in the Design/Cover category. His work at the Washington Times newspaper in the late 1980-early 90s... MORE

Remembering George Delmerico, Longtime Art Director of The Village Voice

Longtime Village Voice art director George Delmerico passed away in early August in Santa Barbara, California at the age of 67.Delmerico was a talented and eclectic art director who designed LP covers (most notably Donald Fagen's The Nightfly), posters, books,... MORE

The Guardian's G2 Section Covers

G2 is the daily (Monday-Friday) features section of the Guardian newspaper, based in London. It was the launching pad for Richard Turley, now the creative director at Bloomberg Businessweek. His successor, Joanna Cochrane, has been continuing the marvelous graphic tradition... MORE

The Covers of the SF Weekly

Andrew Nilsen has been the art director of alternative newsweekly SF Weekly since January 2010. One of his SF Weekly covers won a gold medal at this year's SPD Gala for Best Illustrated Cover, with an illustration by Brian Stauffer.... MORE

Victoria Advocate's Special Tron Section

Texas daily newspaper Victoria Advocate published a special Tron edition of their weekly Get Out entertainment section. Art directed and illustrated by Ryan Huddle, the section's eight pages connect together to form an uninterrupted series of photographs, stories, graphics, and... MORE

Cool Daily Newspaper Designs

I recently attended the Society of News Design annual conference, held this year in Denver. SND is the newspaper equivalent of SPD, newspapers designers from around the United States and Canada, with a strong European and Latin American contingent. I... MORE

The Victoria Advocate's M3 Entertainment Section

The Victoria Advocate is the second oldest newspaper in Texas, published in Victoria, a small town located in the Southeast part of the state, about 30 miles from the Gulf. The paper's M3 (Music, Movies, and More) entertainment section is... MORE

Portugal's i Newspaper

A few weeks ago I gave a talk at the Society of News Design conference in Denver about the increasing confluence between newspaper and weekly magazine design. One newspaper that has a brilliant, magazine-like format and design is Portugal's i,... MORE

Las Vegas Weekly Covers: Cool Altweekly Design from Sin City

Benjamen Purvis was the art director of alternative weekly Las Vegas Weekly from 2002-08. Confronted with a weekly cover budget averaging $250 and an extremely short production cycle, Purvis ended up doing a lot of the photography and illustration himself.... MORE

amNewYork: Newspaper covers for commuters

Christopher Sabatini has been the design director at amNewYork for most of its existence, since its launch in 2003. The free daily newspaper is given away at NYC subway stops and in news boxes around the city, and competes for eyeballs... MORE

Cleveland Newspaper Goes Big When LeBron Leaves

The news of LeBron James leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers dominated many newspaper front pages on July 9. But the treatment his hometown newspaper, The Plain Dealer, gave to the story stood out.  Designers Michael Tribble and Emmet Smith, directed by... MORE

A Redesign for Atlanta Altweekly Creative Loafing

Newspaper designer/art director Ron Reason has a smart new post on his website about his recent redesign of Atlanta alternative weekly Creative Loafing. The redesign was conceptualized in a week-long "redesign boot camp" that Reason organized with the paper's staff.... MORE

The creative power of Miami New Times

The knockout cover pictured above is the work of Pam Shavalier, the very talented art director of alternative weekly Miami New Times. In two years at the paper, Shavalier has crafted a brilliant, creative, highly-original set of covers, creating a... MORE

The smart cover design of Riverfront Times

Riverfront Times is an alternative weekly newspaper based in St. Louis, owned by the Viilage Voice Media chain of newspapers. Tom Carlson has been the senior art director at the paper since 1988. He does a lot of smart, cool... MORE