SPD 46: The Design Annual For iPad & iPad mini

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PUB 46, for the ipad...a sneak preview

Coming this fall...PUB 46 for the ipad! This summer SPD along with the hugely talented people at Balance software have been frantically putting the finishing touches to our latest app! (sneak peaks after the jump)
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Spotted in NYC on a Mail Carrier Headed Your Way: SPD 46 Annuals Are Here!

We could not be more pleased to announce that the 46th Publication Design Annual is finally IN New York, and shipping out worldwide today to all our wonderful members. If you're close to New York, you should have it within a week or so, possibly sooner, depending on the vagaries of your particular mail carrier and mailroom sitautions, and if you're farther away, we used as many priority options as possible to get it to you faster. Need more, book junkies? Get some after the jump...
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Pub 46: Student Competition

THE STUDENT COMPETITION & THE ADOBE SCHOLARSHIP IN HONOR OF B.W. HONEYCUTT - Established in 1995, this competition honors the life and work of B.W. Honeycutt. It recognizes exceptional design by students with awards and three cash prizes: the Adobe Scholarship in Honor of B.W. Honeycutt, the first-place prize of $2500; second-place prize of $1000; and a third-place prize of $500. The top winners also received summer internships magazines in New York City. Chaired by Ian Doherty, Art Director at Food Network Magazine and Neil Jamieson, Design Director, Money, this juried competition acknowledges the student designer and the teachers who develop their unique talents.

 

In recognizing the promise of each student, Adobe affirms the creative possibilities inherent in the individual. Throughout its partnership with SPD, Adobe is helping shape the next generation of creative professionals. Together we are building the groundwork that will sustain and further artistic accomplishments within the editorial design community.

Special thanks to the judges:

Evan Campisi, Nylon

John Dixon, The Village Voice

Robert Festino, Men's Health

Elizabeth Hummer, Harper's Bazaar

Kory Kennedy, Runner's World

Gloria Pantell, TV Guide

James Reyman, Reyman Studio

 

The Society thanks our partner, Adobe Systems, Inc. for their ongoing support with this project.

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Pub 46: Spots

Chairs Criswell Lappin (Fahrenheit 212) and Matthew Lenning (MAT: Design Co) led the 24th Annual SPOTS competition, championing the little illustrations that say so much. From hundreds of entries, the judges selected a class of illustrations that do an excellent job of amplifying the editorial message, from a wide spectrum of publications. Winners are featured in a visual index here, and celebrated more extensively in a very limited-edition book published biannually, The SPOTS Book, showcasing both the illustrations and smaller versions of the original editorial pages that featured the work.

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Pub 46: Competition Credits

The SPD Annual Judging weekend is a tremendous event bringing together the most experienced and admired creatives working with editorial content today, challenging them to sift through thousands of entries in just a few days to find the best of the best you see featured in this book. To accomplish so much, in such a short time, requires the outstanding effort of so many--once again, however, SPD is blessed to have beyond outstanding support from a small army, and they make it look easy. Andrea Dunham, Design Director, People, and Brandon Kavulla, Creative Director, WIRED, (Co-Chairs), Jeremy LaCroix, Creative Director, CBS Interactive and Josh Klenert, Creative Director, Clear Channel Digital (Online Chairs), Luke Hayman, Partner, Pentagram (Magazine of the Year Chair), and Nancy Stamatopoulos (Competition Captain) extend an enormous thank-you on behalf of SPD to all the judges and volunteers for their support in making the judging happen this year, emergency fire alarm be damned! in January 2011 at FIT.

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SPD Gala: With Love, From the Photobooth

We know: you've been waiting a really, really long time for the photos from the Gala. Courtesy of our favorite Glenn Glasser, the smallest of previews after the jump, and the link to the full gallery...
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Magazine of the Year: GQ

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And the Members' Choice Award Goes to...

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Magazine of the Year Finalists #5: Wired

This Friday, May 13, at the SPD Gala, we'll be announcing the winner of this year's Magazine of the Year. This week we'll be running previews of each finalist, building up to Friday's big celebration. Be sure to check in every day to see the best magazine design work of the past year, and be sure to follow the results as they're posted on Twitter in real time Friday night. Our Twitter feed is @SPDtweets. 

The fifth of the five finalists for Magazine of the Year is Wired, creative director: Scott Dadich.

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Magazine of the Year Finalists #4: W

This Friday, May 13, at the SPD Gala, we'll be announcing the winner of this year's Magazine of the Year. This week we'll be running previews of each finalist, building up to Friday's big celebration. Be sure to check in every day to see the best magazine design work of the past year, and be sure to follow the results as they're posted on Twitter in real time Friday night. Our Twitter feed is @SPDtweets. 

The fourth of the five finalists for Magazine of the Year is W, creative director: Jody Quon, design director: Joseph Logan.

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Magazine of the Year Finalists #3: More

This Friday, May 13, at the SPD Gala, we'll be announcing the winner of this year's Magazine of the Year. This week we'll be running previews of each finalist, building up to Friday's big celebration. Be sure to check in every day to see the best magazine design work of the past year, and be sure to follow the results as they're posted on Twitter in real time Friday night. Our Twitter feed is @SPDtweets. 

The third of the five finalists for Magazine of the Year is More, creative director: Debra Bishop.

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Members' Choice Voting 2011

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: time to select your top choice for the only Gold Medal selected by all the members of the Society -- SPD Members' Choice.

Entries are shown after the jump; you may click on each image to see a larger version of the entry on its own. Each member magazine is allowed to enter just one "best choice" from their year, in any format they choose. You will find visual solutions presented as covers, as single pages or spreads, as entire issues (as represented by a sample cover and inside pages), and your challenge is to apply your professional judgment and experience to choose the best solution. It may be design, photo, illustration or infographic; it may be a cover that stuns you or a collection of work from an issue that overwhelms you.

We encourage you to take some time before you vote; there's a reason we're putting this preview live this afternoon but not sending our members the voting link until tomorrow morning: we want you to have some time to look through all these entries and weigh your decision carefully. VOTING WILL CLOSE AT 6PM on Thursday, May 12th.

The Members' Choice winner will be announced at the Gala on Friday, May 13th. Finalists after the jump...
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Magazine of the Year Finalists #2: GQ

This Friday, May 13, at the SPD Gala, we'll be announcing the winner of this year's Magazine of the Year. This week we'll be running previews of each finalist, building up to Friday's big celebration. Be sure to check in every day to see the best magazine design work of the past year, and be sure to follow the results as they're posted on Twitter in real time Friday night. Our Twitter feed is @SPDtweets.

The second of the five finalists for Magazine of the Year is GQ, design director: Fred Woodward.

(Above): GQ cover, June 2010.
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Magazine of the Year Finalists #1: Bloomberg Businessweek

This Friday, May 13, at the SPD Gala, we'll be announcing the winner of this year's Magazine of the Year. This week we'll be running previews of each finalist, building up to Friday's big celebration. Be sure to check in every day to see the best magazine design work of the past year, and be sure to follow the results as they're posted on Twitter in real time Friday night. Our Twitter feed is @SPDtweets.

The first of the five finalists for Magazine of the Year is Bloomberg Businessweek, creative director: Richard Turley.

(Above): Bloomberg Businessweek, December 20, 2010. Creative director: Richard Turley.
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Your Response Requested: SPD's 46th Annual Awards Gala

Please join us Friday, May 13th, 2011 as we return to Cipriani Wall Street to honor the PUB 46 Merit Winners and Medal Finalists of 2010, honor our Student Photo and Design Competition winners, and award Gold and Silver Medals and the Magazine of the Year, and celebrate the amazing community that is SPD, giving credit where credit is due. You, great person? Collaborator extraordinaire? Visual interpreter of the events of our time? Should be there.

Invitations are in the mail, but for those who remember that tickets, and seating, are assigned on a first-RSVP, first-preference basis, download invitations and RSVP cards here, or buy your tickets after the jump. Either way, it's going to be one amazing night... … MORE

PUB 46 Merit Winners Announced

Following up on the Medal Finalists announcement of last Friday, we're happy today to share the officially verified list of Print and Digital Merit winners for PUB 46 today. Official letters, submission information for the PUB 46 Annual, and advance SPD Gala Awards dinner information are in the mail to each of the following lucky winners, and our heartiest congratulations to each of you! Thank you for sharing your 2010 with us.

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PUB 46 Medal Finalists: Magazine of the Year, Print and Digital

When we called this the Fight of Your Life, we didn't realize that some of the races for Gold and Silver Medals in this year's PUB 46 would be so literal: once again this year, a truly inspiring collection of work comprises the medal finalists, a few times with scoring so competitive that there are ties that can't be broken: Gold and Silver Medals from the following list of Medal Finalists will be announced at the SPD Gala on Friday, May 13th at our favorite, Cipriani's Wall Street, and in some categories, two Silvers or two Golds. On top of that, our most successful Digital competition ever, expanded with more categories including the debut of editorial iPad apps brought us triple the amount of digital entries, and winners, from previous years. Read on for a full list of finalists...
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New Digital Categories for Pub 46

For the 2011 competition, we expanded the digital categories to account for the ever evolving world of digital and include new platforms like the iPad. This year we have divided digital into four main groups. The first group includes Typography, Illustration, Photography, Video and more. But this work is platform agnostic. After all, great illustration is great on any device. … MORE

Heed the Call

Having buried my desk in old yellow newsprint, scraped toner, paper fiber dust and done my best to make 2 color printers here feel like old whipped mules in the process: Download the official call for entries for Pub 46. (And bring your A-game!)
-BK

Have You Been Training?

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Pub 46 Co-Chairs Announced!

It is both an honor and fortunate privilege to introduce the dynamic duo that is our very own Vice President, Andrea Dunham (Design Director of People), and Advisory Board Member, Brandon Kavulla (Design Director of Men's Health), as the 2010-2011 co-chairs for Pub 46.

Pub 46 will recognize the very best publication design, illustration, and photography of 2010. Entries will be judged in January 2011, and winners will be recognized at the annual SPD Gala, held in New York City this coming May.

Now let's be serious: time to get your interns to work! Why wait until the last minute to send in your entries? Get a head start and download the entry forms here. We are accepting entries starting today!

More details to come in the next few weeks, including our exceptional Pub 46 jury, so stay tuned to SPD.org.