New Work
12.17.10
The Year In Ideas 2010
2010 marked the 10th Year Anniversary of the "Year In Ideas" issue so we decided to celebrate. For the cover our mandate was to do a Q.R. or "quick response" code so we commissioned Karim Charlebois-Zariffa to come up with an innovative way of representing the code.
We settled on balloons as an image. The idea is simple, the reader holds their smartphone up to the cover, snaps a picture which in turn leads to a series of commissioned animations by ManvsMachine, Studio AKA, Buck, Grandchildren, Michael Bierut and Christina Nizar of Pentagram. We also rethought the design of our web page and created a special type driven grid of clickable words that lead the viewer to an explanation of each featured idea. Enjoy!
Watch the behind-the-scenes video of the making-of the 10th Anniversary Year In Ideas cover here.
See animations of:
Emotional Spell-Check
The Armored T-Shirt
Smartphones
Turbine-Free Wind Power
The creative team on this project included:
Design Director: Arem Duplessis
Art Director: Gail Bichler
Deputy Art Director: Leo Jung
Designers: Caleb Bennett, Sara Cwynar
Producer: Miki Meek
Online Designer: John Niedermeyer
Design Technologist: Lacy Garrison
Hey! You've probably got some NEW WORK to
share, and we want to see it! We'll welcome anything that's gone to the
printer recently, something you're especially proud of and think might
be inspiring to the membership and readers of Grids. We'll note the
credits and the publication and shine a little light on the latest and
greatest in publication design.
Please reduce your layouts to no larger than 1200 pixels wide and don't forget to include all relevant credits and a little background (if you feel like). Send your submissions to tips@spd.org and we'll post them as we get them.
Please reduce your layouts to no larger than 1200 pixels wide and don't forget to include all relevant credits and a little background (if you feel like). Send your submissions to tips@spd.org and we'll post them as we get them.
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Psychology Today Gets Serendipitous
Runner's World Takes on Bigfoot
American Cowboy Redesigns
Behind the Scenes: Fortune Goes to the iPad
Twin Cities Metro: Choose Your Own Adventure This Summer
The ABCs of XYZ
Complex with No Coverlines (Sort of)
SPIN Turns 25, Zips Up, Counts Down
Psychology Today Gets Serendipitous
Runner's World Takes on Bigfoot
American Cowboy Redesigns