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Illustration as Authorship: When the Story Starts With You

By Steve BrodnerMy (40 year) freelance career has always been a combination of commissions coming from media and my own pitches for stories going out to them. Coming up with ideas and being lucky to find great designers to collaborate... MORE

From the SPD Archives: Gala 26 Gold Medal Winners, 1991

This outstanding bunch of art directors was photographed at the SPD Gala 26, in 1991 at the New York Public Library. Pictured are the Gold Medal Awards winners who were in attendance at the Gala. They are (top row, left... MORE

Cover of the Day: Wednesday Edition

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from around the world.Texas Monthly, June 2013Creative director: T. J. TuckerPhoto editor: Leslie BaldwinPhotographer: Wyatt McSpaddenLettering design: Jon ContinoSauce lettering: T. J. TuckerClick over to... MORE

Cover of the Day: Wednesday Edition

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from around the world.Texas Monthly, September 2012Creative Director: TJ TuckerPhotographer: Randal Ford... MORE

Cover of the Day: Monday Edition

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from around the world.Texas Monthly, March 2012Creative Director: TJ TuckerIllustration: Joe Zeff Design... MORE

Texas Monthly Goes to the Movies

The summer movie season kicks off with a series of Texas classics from Texas Monthly. For its Texas Monthly Rolling Roadshow, the magazine (partnered with The Alamo Draftfouse) created a beautiful set of new posters for the classic films. For... MORE

Fast News for May 5, 2011

SPD MEDIA MIX is our regular list of publication design, digital, and media news and updates. Please send your links and news items to SPD at mail@spd.org and we'll add them to the Mix. >> Hearst Bites the Apple: Hearst has struck... MORE

"The Last Blast": Dan Winters Photographs the Shuttle Launch for Texas Monthly

After an aborted attempt on Friday, and another postponement now this afternoon, we are waiting for next Saturday to see the final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour. The trip is part of NASA's final set of missions for the... MORE

Cover of the Day, March 2, 2011

Welcome to The SPD Cover of the Day. We'll be posting our favorite covers every Monday and Wednesday. Stay tuned for the best and coolest magazine and newspaper covers, as selected by our stellar group of experts. Texas Monthly,... 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... MORE

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... MORE

Results tagged “Texas Monthly” from Musical Chairs

Caleb Bennett Joins the NYT Magazine as Designer

Caleb Bennett, formerly the Associate Art Director at Texas Monthly, is now a Designer at The New York Times Magazine. Prior to his stint at TM in Austin he was a designer at American Way.If you've got news or tips... MORE

Results tagged “Texas Monthly” from Grids

Small Town "Inspiration"

Here's another good example of "Inspiration, or...???" On the left, "The Best Small-Town Cafes," from the December 2008 issue of Texas Monthly, art directed by T.J. Tucker. On the right, "Small Town Trips," from Indianapolis Monthly, July 2009.Both magazines are... MORE

More "inspired" covers

We're taking a break from the Ready-Made controversy to present a couple more "inspired" cover designs, courtesy of Benjamen Purvis of Seattle Met magazine. On the left is Esquire, from December 2006. On the right, the August 2010 cover of... MORE

Great Baseball Magazine Covers

April 4 is Major League Baseball's opening day, with the World Champion New York Yankees playing the always dangerous Boston Red Sox at 8p in Fenway Park. The New York Mets open the following day, with a home game against... MORE

Great (Mostly) White Covers

This week's Time Out New York cover, inspired a look back at strong covers that used very little ink. ... MORE

Mark Burckhardt on the making-of his Texas Monthly cover

Over on Drawger there's an excellent behind-the-scenes look at this month's Texas Monthly cover (shown here) marking the 15th anniversary of Tejano singer Selena's tragic death. Illustrator Marc Burckhardt walks through the process from commission to drafts to completed cover... MORE

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T.J. Tucker Promoted to CD of Texas Monthly

T.J. Tucker joined Texas Monthly in April 2003 as associate art director and was promoted to art director in June 2006. Musical Chairs has learned that Tucker has again been promoted, this time to the position of creative director, where... MORE

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Members' Choice Finalists!

Huge congrats to the variety of finalists in tomorrow night's Members' Choice Awards -- we're pleased (and a little surprised, we should admit -- ES) to say that there were more votes this year for Members' Choice than in previous... MORE

Photography Awards: Travel/Food/Still Life Story

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