47: April 2012 Archives

SPD 47: Magazine of the Year - 15th Anniversary (Part 2)

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 of the best magazine of the year, the one with the best all-around design, imagery, graphics, illustration, and general visual magic. … MORE

Magazine of the Year Finalist #2: IL

On Friday, May 11, at the SPD Gala, we'll be announcing the winner of this year's Magazine of the Year. Over the next two weeks we'll be running previews of each finalist, building up to the 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 @SPDtweets on Twitter with #SPD47. 

The second of the seven finalists for Magazine of the Year is IL, art director: Francesco Franchi.

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Magazine of the Year Finalist #1: TIME

On Friday, May 11, at the SPD Gala, we'll be announcing the winner of this year's Magazine of the Year. Over the next two weeks we'll be running previews of each finalist, building up to the 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 @SPDtweets on Twitter with #SPD47. 

The first of the seven finalists for Magazine of the Year is TIME, design director: D.W. Pine.

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SPD 47: Magazine of the Year - 15th Anniversary

This year marks the 15th Anniversary and the return of Robert Newman as chair for The Society's highest honor. Here, Part 1 of our retrospective, as we look back at the first five winners of Magazine of the Year.
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Save The Date!

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 guide to award ceremonies in the form of an oversized and frankly unwieldy poster which seemed like a GREAT idea in March. Then in April when we took delivery of them from the printer and the boxes took up the entire SPD office ... and then we realized we needed to order bigger envelopes... and then post them ... and then also pay for the extra postage. So maybe a less good idea in April. But anyway, in March, GREAT IDEA. And we did it because we wanted to give everyone something special, a thank you for supporting SPD, and a reason to get as excited about the gala as we are.

So look out for that in the mail and BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW.

NOW.

No seriously. NOW.