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Shop Now! SPD PUB 44 Annual, and more on sale

Shop Now! SPD PUB 44 Annual, and more on sale

Looking to test the strength of your bookshelves? Dying for some inspiration? Visit the new SPD Store and buy the latest Annual, PUB 44 (only $45), or fill-in some missing holes in your collection (the recession special continues! PUB 40 through PUB 43 on deep sale!) and pick up the limited-edition SPD Solid Gold. These prices are good while they last, but there aren't any guarantees about how long that is going to be... you should shop today!
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Recession Specials: SALE on Select SPD Annuals

Recession Specials: SALE on Select SPD Annuals

Looking online we've noticed that someone (ahem, cough) seems to be running quite a second-income in SPD Annuals--what?!? Too much. Way too much. While we firmly believe you need at least one of each of our books on your shelves (inspiration! aspiration! perspiration!), and that a second copy of each isn't the worst idea either (you know how people *borrow* things), there's a reasonable price for everything.

In fact, these days, there's a deal to be had everywhere, right? So here's one for you: for a short time, three of our more recent Annuals available for more than $30 off the cover price, and free shipping for everyone. Click on for the big deals...
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Weapon of Choice Assualt SPD 43 Annual

Weapon of Choice Assualt SPD 43 Annual

As the annuals are arriving on your desks like hotcakes, we thought it would be nice to hear from this year's design team, Weapon of Choice, a design firm created last year by Todd Albertson and Tom Brown. As Albertson describes:
Weapon of Choice is a design studio that is the culmination of two friends who have been collaborating for many years on various design projects with similar tastes and wanted to commit more time to that work and above all, have fun. The impetus for this came at a point where projects were becoming more laborsome and less creative so an outlet was needed. That outlet was making typefaces which was a process we were both doing and introducing into our work. Type as in big black geometrical shapes and abstract letterforms--one offs for specific projects. Not that there is a lack of great typefaces out there, but crafting ideas is what we both do and applying this process to type was a perfect match. Soon WoC opened up to include magazine redesign and consluting, again, things we both were already doing, but now on a platform that we can do together and push each other.

More after the jump about the Weapon of Choice design approach to the annual, as well as cover outtakes. Photographs by Fredrik Broden
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