January 2014 Archives

SPD 49 JURY ANNOUNCED!

SPD 49 JURY ANNOUNCED!

The SPD Judging Weekend is approaching, and (despite Superbowl hysteria) this stellar team will jury the most prestigious editorial design competition.  Leading the way in this effort are the highly distinguished co-chairs:

Print Co Chairs: 
Alex Grossman, Creative Director, Bon Appétit
Cybele Grandjean, Partner, Ligature

Digital Chair: 
Scher Foord, Executive Director of Design, Condé Nast Technology

Magazine of the Year Chair:
Robert Newman: @newmanology

See the rest of the illustrious jury after the jump...
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Cover of the Day: Wednesday Edition

Cover of the Day: Wednesday Edition

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Huffington.  January 26, 2014 
Creative DirectorJosh Klenert
Design Director: Andrea Nasca
Photo-illustration: Troy Dunham
Designer: Martin Gee

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Save The Date!

Save The Date!

Wyatt Mitchell
The New Yorker: Now and again

Friday, February 14, 2014
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Tickets are $15 SPD members, $30 non-members, 
Tickets go on sale at spd.org on Wednesday, January 29th.
All ticket sales are in advance. No ticket sales at the door

Condé Nast Auditorium, 4th Floor
4 Times Square • New York, NY 10036
Please bring photo ID and arrive at least 15 minutes prior to check-in with security
 
The graphic needs of a magazine and more notably its 'brand' are by necessity different than those of 20, 30 years ago. Since its inception in 1925, The New Yorker remains the preeminent magazine of culture, criticism, fiction, profile writing and long form journalism. For the complex content hierarchies and varied platforms that mark today's publishing landscape, The New Yorker's Creative Director, Wyatt Mitchell has lead the magazine's most significant design changes since its founding.
 
With an attentive allegiance to aesthetic, this revitalization of the printed magazine and its visual tradition, brings new life to its digital counterparts, and has sharpened the brand that unites them all--while carefully cultivating its continued legacy.
 
In his presentation, he will discuss the challenges and triumphs of refreshing The New Yorkers's visual vocabulary and expanding it beyond its print origins. The discussion will cover the history that inspired the update of The New Yorker's signature typeface Irvin, the introduction of Neutraface to the magazine's pages and the recent design refresh of the Goings On About Town section. Additionally, he will discuss the introduction of new artists to the magazine including staff photographer Pari Dukovic.
Cover of the Day: Monday Edition

Cover of the Day: Monday Edition

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Corporate Knights  Winter 2014 
Art DirectorJack Dylan
Photographer: Istoica



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SPD 49: The Coolest Thing I Did This Year, by David Yun

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WAX

WAX Issues 1-4, Designed by David Yun, Zak Klauck & Aeriel Brown. More at readwax.com

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Cover of the Day: Friday Edition

Cover of the Day: Friday Edition

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Vanity Fair Italia 
Creative DirectorDevin Pedzwater
Photo Editor: Marco Finazzi
Photographer: Sebastian Kim

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Cover of the Day: Wednesday Edition

Cover of the Day: Wednesday Edition

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Hour Detroit  February 2014 
Art DirectorCassidy Zobl
Photographer: Jenny Risher



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PRESS TOUR: Special event for SPD members!

PRESS TOUR: Special event for SPD members!

The printing professionals at Circle Press take you on a private tour of their press floor and answer all your questions about what happens when ink meets paper 

• you've designed it...now how do you print it
• maximizing quality and minimizing budget
• your press options: offset, web offset and digital printing
• die cuts, embossing, foil stamping and more
Plus a special paper presentation by Sarah Arnold from FINCH Paper.

Tuesday January 28th
Circle Press 121 Varick St 4th Floor 11am
Estimated event time is 60 minutes
This event is for SPD members only
Reservations required, space is very limited.

If you are one of the first 20 to RSVP you will be notified via email 

SPD 49: The Coolest Thing I Did This Year, by Michelle Benaim Steiner, Lope Gutierrez-Ruiz & Alexander Wright

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TED Fellows
Last year we did a magazine-type book for TED Conferences that features over 170 different covers and was for sure the coolest thing we did in 2013. You can check the complete book here.

Designer: In-House International (Michelle Benaim Steiner, Lope Gutierrez-Ruiz, Alexander Wright)

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Cover of the Day: Archives Edition

Cover of the Day: Archives Edition

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Rolling Stone  April 7, 1988 
Art DirectorFred Woodward
Illustrator: Paul Davis

One of 5 great illustrated Martin Luther King, Jr. covers featured in Newmanology's recent post. Check them all out here.
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Hoefler Abruptly Changes Company Name

[Reposted from Typography.com]

For Immediate Release

17 January 2014

Last week, designer Tobias Frere-Jones, a longtime employee of The Hoefler Type Foundry, Inc. (d/b/a "Hoefler & Frere-Jones"), decided to leave the company. With Tobias's departure, the company founded by Jonathan Hoefler in 1989 will become known as Hoefler & Co.

Following his departure, Tobias filed a claim against company founder Jonathan Hoefler. Its allegations are not the facts, and they profoundly misrepresent Tobias's relationship with both the company and Jonathan. Whether as The Hoefler Type Foundry, Hoefler & Frere-Jones, or Hoefler & Co., our company has always been a great place for designers, which is why it's always been and will continue to be a great place for design.

It goes without saying that all of us are disappointed by Tobias's actions. The company will vigorously defend itself against these allegations, which are false and without legal merit. In the meantime, we're all hard at work, continuing to create the kinds of typefaces that designers have come to expect from us for more than 25 years.

Contact:
Michael Burke
General Counsel
burke@typography.com

"Sustained Exploitation:" Frere-Jones to File Suit against Hoefler

[Reposted from Quartz.com]

Hoefler & Frere-Jones, the preeminent digital type foundry, has broken out into civil war.

Type designer Tobias Frere-Jones claims he has been cheated out of his half of the company by his business partner, Jonathan Hoefler. In a blistering lawsuit filed today in New York City, Frere-Jones says he was duped into transferring ownership of several fonts, including the world-famous Whitney, to Hoefler & Frere-Jones (HFJ) on the understanding that he would own 50% of the company.

"In the most profound treachery and sustained exploitation of friendship, trust and confidence, Hoefler accepted all of the benefits provided by Frere-Jones while repeatedly promising Frere-Jones that he would give him the agreed equity, only to refuse to do so when finally demanded," the suit claims. See the full complaint, and read the rest of the story here.

Also: The Industry website has more.
Cover of the Day: Friday Edition

Cover of the Day: Friday Edition

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Cigar Aficionado  January/February 2014 
Design DirectorJohn Thompson
Photo Editor: Sarina Finkelstein
Photographer: Brian Bowen Smith

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SPD 49: The Coolest Thing I Did This Year, by Elana Schlenker

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Gratuitous Type, Issue C
My favorite project this year was the latest issue of Gratuitous Type, a magazine I publish and design. I love talking to artists and Issue C included some of my long-time favorites: among them Fanette Mellier, Alex Lin, Studio Newwork, and Jordy van den Nieuwendijk.

Design by Elana Schlenker

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Cover of the Day: Wednesday Edition

Cover of the Day: Wednesday Edition

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Smith Journal  Volume 9 
Creative Director: Lara Burke
Illustrator: David Lemm/A Little Island

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Cover of the Day: Monday Edition

Cover of the Day: Monday Edition


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The Guardian: Do Something  January 2014 
Art DirectorChris Clarke
Illustrator: Owen Gildersleeve
Animation: Alexander Purcell
Deputy Editor: Emma Cook
Commissioning EditorBecky Barnicoat

Thanks to CoverJunkie.com for the great find! 
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SPD 49: The Coolest Thing I Did This Year, by Jessica Lowe

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Cat People

Creative Director: Jessica Lowe

Photographer: Gavin Green

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The Business of Music: Billboard Magazine Covers

The Business of Music: Billboard Magazine Covers

There's a nifty gallery of Billboard magazine covers, art directed by Andrew Horton, on the Newmanology site. For the past year Horton has been working with a strong redesign by Pentagram, and a powerful collection of photographers and illustrators who have created cover portraits of Pink, Pearl Jam, Prince, Jay-Z, and more (the cover photo above is by Emily Berl).

The Business of Music: Billboard Magazine Covers

Billboard Relaunches in Print, Web and Tablet
Popular Science Redesign: Rethinking a 140-Year-Old Brand

Popular Science Redesign: Rethinking a 140-Year-Old Brand

The Popular Science team is starting off the new year with a new design and we were lucky enough to get the backstory on the process from Design Director Todd Detwiler...

With the first significant redesign in the past 8 years, our initial thinking was to look at what we are doing well, and what we needed to do better. It was determined that a touch-up in design would not be enough. A complete teardown and rebuild was in order and it started with a new logo. 
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Cover of the Day: Friday Edition

Cover of the Day: Friday Edition

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RAD DAD  Spring 2014 
Creative DirectorKyle Knobel
Illustrator: Robert Trujillo



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SPD 49: The Coolest Thing I Did This Year, by Berkeley Poole

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Adult
Creative Director: Berkeley Poole


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Cover of the Day: Wednesday Edition

Cover of the Day: Wednesday Edition

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Field & Stream February 2014 

Design Director: Sean Johnston
Photography Director: John Toolan
Photographer: Dan Saelinger
Typography illustration: Jordan Metcalf

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Cover of the Day: Monday Edition

Cover of the Day: Monday Edition

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Inversionista  January 2014 
Art DirectorVanessa Patiño
Photo Editor: Guillermo Prestegui
Illustrator: Alejandro Monfort

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SPD 49: The Coolest Thing I Did This Year, by Ivy Baer Sherman

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Vintage Magazine
Designer: Ivy Baer Sherman
Photographer: Robin Bowman

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SPD 49: The Coolest Thing I Did This Year, by Justin Thomas Kay

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Daily Note
Creative Director: Justin Thomas Kay 
My favorite thing i worked on this past year was the Red Bull Music Academy, and in particular the daily newspaper we made for the academy: The Daily Note. It was my first time working in high volume newsprint, making a new issue every day reflecting current academy happenings as well as long-form stories about music and its relationship with NYC. It was exciting to distribute in the streets like am new york/metro/etc. Evidence here 

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SPD 49: The Coolest Thing I Did This Year, by Ryan Fitzgibbon

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Hello Mr.
Founder & Creative Director: Ryan Fitzgibbon
Read more about Hello Mr. HERE

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