August 2015 Archives

Save-the-Date: Pub(lications) Crawl 10/2/15

Save-the-Date: Pub(lications) Crawl 10/2/15

As you guys finish up internships and summer trips and vacations, we're hard at work planning our next year of SPD-U events and opportunities ... most notably, our annual Pub(lications) Crawl event! This day of magazine office tours is not to be missed, so mark your calendars now for Friday, October 2. 

Space IS limited on these tours, so be sure to follow us here and on social media to be notified when registration is open. And don't forget SPD-U Student Members get to come for FREE!! All other students: it's just $15 to get this exclusive look at how magazines get made. We'll announce the magazines we'll be visiting in a few weeks and registration will open in early September. See ya then!

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SPD-U Summer Portfolio Review 2015 Wrap-Up

SPD-U Summer Portfolio Review 2015 Wrap-Up

It may be summer, but you wouldn't know it looking at the photos from our Summer Portfolio Review on July 22. The lucky attendees of this limited-audience event brought in their portfolios and printouts and iPads and laptops, and got one-on-one time with our reviewers. Unlike the typical review you'd get during a job interview, our panel of reviewers were there to give honest feedback on both the work and the format to help students strengthen what they had. But don't just take it from us! See what some of the students had to say:

"It was really nice talking to the professional designers and having them recommend a bunch of other designers who have similar styles and interests."
--Hieu Tran, student at the Maryland Institute College of Art

"Meeting with professionals and getting feedback at the portfolio review has really helped me improve my work." --Francis Vazquez, student at the School of Visual Arts

"Really nice, I had good feedback." -- Lee Jacob Hilado, student at City College

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And lastly, a huge thanks to our wonderful reviewers and event staff!

  
REVIEWERS:  Heather Haggerty (Creative Director, Everyday with Rachel Ray), Kristin Lenz (Art Director, Inc.), Ed Levine (Creative Director, Psychology Today) and Mike Schnaidt (Art Director, Men's Health)
  
EVENT COORDINATOR: Sarah Garcea (Art Director, Inc.)
 
+  EVENT STAFF:  Stanley Collado (Art Assistant, Women's Health) and Lauren Stine (Assoc. Art Director, O, the Oprah Magazine)
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The 2015 SPD-U Spotlight Shines on Our Merit Winners, Part 2

The 2015 SPD-U Spotlight Shines on Our Merit Winners, Part 2

We're wrapping up the last of our wonderful 2015 SPD-U Spotlight Online Gallery Show winners today with the second half of our Merit Winners (like the SPD professional competition, we award Gold Medals, Silver Medals, and Merit Awards ... all winners within each category are equal and are being feature in random order). Click through for more great designs... … MORE

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