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Posted SPD 47: The Gold & Silver Winners Are... to Grids
The Society of Publication Designers is proud to announce the Gold and Silver Medal Winners of our 47th Annual Design Competition held in February of this year. A total of 50 Gold Medals and 48 Silver Medals for Design, Photography,...
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Posted SPD 47: Inside the Photo Booth to Grids
Inside the SPD47 Photo booth. Photos by Glenn Glasser.
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Posted SPD 47: Magazine of the Year: Bloomberg Businessweek to Grids
SPD is proud to announce this year's Gold Award winner for MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR is Bloomberg Businessweek. Once again, we have had a truly inspiring collection of contenders from all over the world for SPD's highest award: Magazine of the Year. . ...
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Posted SPD 47: Members' Choice Entries to Grids
Attention all members of SPD! As we get ready for the Gala on Friday, with a review of some of the Magazine of the Year finalists, and more to come throughout the week, we have one final challenge for you:...
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Posted SPD 47: Magazine of the Year - 15th Anniversary (Part 3) to Grids
In 1997, SPD debuted the Magazine of the Year award at its Pub33 Gala. The idea, conceived by co-chairs Janet Froelich and Robert Newman, was to create a best-of award voted on by all the judges who participated in the awards. It was a recognition...
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Posted SPD 47: Magazine of the Year - 15th Anniversary (Part 2) to Grids
In 1997, SPD debuted the Magazine of the Yearaward at its Pub33 Gala. The idea, conceived by co-chairs Janet Froelich and Robert Newman, was to create a best-of award voted on by all the judges who participated in the awards. It was a recognition...
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Posted SPD 47: Magazine of the Year - 15th Anniversary to Grids
In 1997, SPD debuted the Magazine of the Year award at its Pub33 Gala. The idea, conceived by co-chairs Janet Froelich and Robert Newman, was to create a best-of award voted on by all the judges who participated in the...
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Posted Save The Date! to Grids
The SPD 47 awards gala is nearly here. All SPD members will be receiving their invitations through the post soon. Be sure to book your seats and tables quickly as space is limited.This year the invite doubles as a handy...
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Posted SPD 47: Arem Duplessis's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Arem Duplessis, Design Director, The New York Times MagazinesFavorite Magazine: LOTUSI was introduced to LOTUS Magazine at the photographer Tom Schierlitz's studio. He shot an entire portfolio with over 25 pages of Lotus car parts. The pictures were quite beautiful...
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Posted SPD 47: Jean Snow's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Jean Snow, Founder, The MagazinerFavorite Magazine: BrutusWhen I first moved to Japan over 10 years ago and started digging into the Japanese magosphere, Brutus was one of the first titles I latched on to, and it introduced me to the...
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Posted SPD 47: Debra Bishop's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Debra Bishop, Creative Director, More Favorite Magazine: UppercaseI've chosen Uppercase because I love the whole package. It is playful and "up," without being over designed. I tip my hat to Janine Vangool who is the publisher, editor and designer. She...
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Posted SPD 47: Edel Rodriguez's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Edel Rodriguez, Art Director and IllustratorFavorite Magazine: BlabworldBlabworld is an annual collection of articles, sequential art, cartoons, paintings, drawings, and sculpture, all beautifully reproduced. There are no photographs or advertisements, which creates a unique reading and viewing experience from cover...
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Posted SPD 47: Francesca Messina's Favorite Magazine to Grids
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...
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Posted SPD 47: George Karabotsos's Favorite Magazine to Grids
George Karabotsos, Design Director, Men's Health and Women's Health BooksDON'T HATE ME! My fave magazine? Please! I've been in the publishing business way to long to have a simple answer to that question. Yesterday it was one magazine; last week,...
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Posted SPD 47: James de Vries's Favorite Magazine to Grids
James de Vries, Creative Director, Harvard Business Review GroupFavorite Magazine: Vogue Living AustraliaThere are lots of fun magazines in Australia. And happily there is a resurgence of independent and creatively different magazines being published.Frankie Magazine is building a really dedicated...
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Posted SPD 47: Jeanette Abbink's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Jeanette Abbink, Rational BeautyFavorite Magazine: Case Da AbitareCase Da Abitare has a bold visual identity and content structure that supports it's distinctive editorial vision issue after issue that I find appealing. I love the rigor of the content, photography and...
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Posted SPD 47: Jeffrey Saks's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Jeffrey Saks, Creative Director, Ladies Home JournalFavorite Magazine: EsquireEsquire is my favorite magazine. It is the perfect marriage of smart design and smart editorial content. Every page is a visual surprise; I am consistently in awe of the graphics and...
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Posted PUB 47: Merit Winners Announced to Grids
Following up on the Medal Finalists announcement on Monday, the notable PUB 47 Merit Winners from both Print and Digital are listed here. Official notifications and information for the PUB 47 Annual, and SPD Gala Awards are on their way...
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Posted SPD 47: Matthew Ball's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Matthew Ball, Matthew Ball Editorial DesignFavorite Magazine: BeerBeer is the member magazine for the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), the independent voluntary organisation promoting good-quality real ale and pubs in Britain. Jes Stanfield is the creative director and it's produced by...
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Posted SPD 47: Michael Bojkowski's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Michael Bojkowski, Linefeed Favorite Magazine: Little White LiesPicking just one mag is hard. My mag addiction gone kind of 'meta' of late. I've been going through phases of following certain art directors and editorial teams, so my faves have been...
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Posted SPD 47: Steven Gregor's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Steven Gregor, Gym Class MagazineFavorite Magazine: BUTT, Fantastic Man and The GentlewomanBUTT, Fantastic Man and The Gentlewoman are my three favourite magazines... a triptych of first class editorial design emulated (and envied) on many an art desk. Classic fonts (old fashioned, even),...
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Posted SPD 47: Violetta Boxill's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Violetta Boxill, Editorial Design Organisation, LondonFavorite Magazine: EyeOK, I admit it. Undivided magazine loyalty evades me. It always has.To me, magazines are like food. Different publications satisfy different needs on different days in various periods of my life.That said, I...
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Posted SPD 47: Medal Finalists: Magazine of the Year, Print and Digital to Grids
Magazines are BACK! Our 47th Annual Design Competition saw an influx of print and digital contenders from all across the globe. With all that went on in 2011, this competition truly reflects the world's best!With our British co-chairs and the...
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Posted SPD 47: Sandra Garcia's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Sandra Garcia, Design Director, Travel + LeisureFavorite Magazine: New YorkBecause hardly a day goes by in my office without I or one of my colleagues starting a sentence with: "You know how New York Magazine does..." This post is part...
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Posted SPD 47: Andrew Horton's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Andrew Horton, Creative Director, BillboardFavorite Magazine: LOVEWhat's not to love about LOVE magazine? Fantastic production values, brilliant typography and a collection of some of the funniest fashion photography on the stands. Seriously, every issue I've picked up has had a...
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Posted SPD 47: Carla Frank's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Carla Frank, Creative Director, Cooking Light MagazineFavorite Magazine: Vogue Gioiello Vogue Gioiello (translate Vogue Jewel)--is a gem!This Italian edition pays homage to the cover as a poster. Each is extraordinary, unpredictable, sophisticated and somehow innocent. They have a certain oddity...
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Posted SPD 47: Rob Hewitt's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Rob Hewitt, Design Director, Conde Nast TravelerFavorite Magazine: MonocleMonocle magazine, published out of London, England has set the standard for what smart navigation and immersive magazine making has come to be. The design is so compact that it almost seems...
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Posted SPD 47: Criswell Lappin's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Criswell Lappin, Art DirectorFavorite Magazine: ColorsI am not sure if I have a favorite magazine, but when I picked up Colors this year and it was kind of like running into my best friend from college. And in this case...
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Posted SPD 47: Florian Bachleda's Favorite Magazine to Grids
Florian Bachleda, Creative Director, Fast CompanyFavorite Magazine: Coverjunkie CoversThis issue has already been stolen from my office.This post is part of the Favorite Magazines Project, part of SPD's PUB 47 Competition and Awards. Download the entry forms and be a part of the competition...
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Posted SPD 47: What the Digital Judges Liked to Grids
We concluded judging for our 47th annual competition over the weekend at FIT in NYC, with co-chairs Luke Hayman, Richard Turley and Jeremy Leslie overseeing the print judging and Scher Foord and Joe Zeff supervising the digital judging, and Robert...
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