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  • Posted Inc. Magazine: Inside the Redesign to Grids
    Increased commitment to photography: Check.Attention to dynamic pacing: Check. Focus on typography and "visiting fonts"(!?!): Check and Check!The new look of Inc. magazine, which is on sale now, is a surprising and dynamic rethink of the 30 year old title. It showcases some...
  • Posted RIP James Gandolfini, 1961-2013 to Grids
    Sad news about the passing of James Gandolfini. The icon of American stage and screen died in Rome yesterday. The actor was best known for his role in The Sopranos as Tony Soprano, a troubled crime boss struggling to balance his...
  • Posted Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow: Redesigning Cycle World to Grids
    It's been a busy few months for the award winning design and photo teams over at Bonnier's Outdoor Group. Design Director Sean Johnston is the head of design for the group which includes SPD faves Field & Stream and Outdoor Life. Since taking...
  • Posted My Favorite Magazine ... Benefiting the Friends of Bob Newman Fund to Grids
    Magazine guru and friend of SPD Jeremy Leslie is making a magazine along side Andrew Losowsky...and he wants YOUR help! This fast, one-off publication with the working title "My Favorite Magazine" will be published as a print-on-demand project through magcloud and every single...
  • Posted Texas Monthly: TJ Tucker's tour of the redesign. Part 2 to Grids
    Last fall everyone's favorite regional mag Texas Monthly underwent a total redesign under the creative direction of TJ Tucker and his team. Seven issues in TJ Tucker gives us some highlights. In part one we got a look at some...
  • Posted Texas Monthly: TJ Tucker's tour of the redesign. Part 1 to Grids
    Last fall everyone's favorite regional mag Texas Monthly underwent a total redesign under the creative direction of TJ Tucker and his team. Actually to call TM a regional maybe doing it something of a disservice. As we all know, everything...
  • Posted A New Look Field & Stream to Grids
    Over the last few months Field & Stream Design Director Sean Johnston and his hard working art and photo teams have been pretty busy. Not only do they now over-see the design and production of all the Bonnier outdoor titles (including Outdoor...
  • Posted Men's Health's Best Life returns to Grids
    Men's Health US recently bucked the "digital only" trend with the re-release of their luxury men's lifestyle magazine Best Life. The Fall/Winter issue hit newstands recently chock-full of the same great photography, elegant typography and smart design that put BL...
  • Posted Priest and Grace's Howler! to Grids
    Remember that feeling of genuine excitement you'd get when you were a kid the night before your favorite comic was due to show up in your mail box...for me it was Roy of the Rovers and I was about 7...
  • Posted Co-chairs for PUB 48 Announced to Grids
    SPD is delighted to announce the co-chairs for PUB 48, the world's most prestigious publication design competition. Taking the reins this year will be Good Housekeeping Creative Director Courtney Murphy and Garden & Gun Art Director Marshall McKinney. We're in safe...
  • Posted Southern Living: Redesigning an Institution to Grids
    Few brands in publishing have as dedicated a readership as the 46 year old regional lifestyle magazine Southern Living. So how do you go about evolving the design of brand with such reader loyalty...carefully...as Design Director Robert Perino explains......
  • Commented on Cover of the Day: Wednesday Edition
    great concept and execution! Love this! This is a bit type-geek of me but i really like the design of that roof line too. HUGE folios, clear/elegant/smart, nice work (as ever) TM!...
  • Posted Celebrating a quarter century of CN Traveler to Grids
    The 25th anniversary issue of Conde Nast Traveler (available at news stands both print and digital now!) is an extraordinary body of work and represents all that Design Director Rob Hewitt has been able to bring to the title since...
  • Commented on From the Desk of ... Gretchen Smelter
    no fair...seriously, this is so unfair that you'd post this on a dreary thursday morning here in the big (grey) apple. How marvelous though! inspiring stuff...
  • Commented on Ask The Pros: What Do I Wear to My Interview?
    "stylish but not sloppy" words to live by indeed! Great advice and I totally agree with David's point about respect, that's the key. Great post!...
  • Commented on Be the Best Intern Ever!
    essential reading!! thanks so much for posting this nicole! Such a great time to be an intern with so much hands on experience available working on both print and tablet versions of magazines! Interns rule!...
  • Commented on Amid Capeci, 1961-2012
    we lost a legend today. thanks for everything mate, you'll be missed...
  • Commented on Meet the Judges, Part One: Esquire and Field & Stream
    excellent line up of judges!...
  • Commented on SPD 47: TJ Tucker's Favorite Magazine
    couldn't agree more. The rich packaging, the tireless attention to detail, inspiring stuff....
  • Posted Blood Sweat and Ink! Creating The Village Voice Comics Issue to Grids
    In early February Village Voice Art Director John Dixon and his team had a great idea: Instead of using a ton of photo and pickup art to populate the pages of the iconic paper, why not use comic illustration... heck...
  • Commented on SELF-PORTRAIT: Congratulations to our Winners!
    Really impressive work, congrats to all! What an amazing opportunity for photography students to have such industry greats deliberate for TWO DAYS over their work. See you at the gala!...
  • Commented on Cover of the Day, March 23, 2011
    Martin Parr is a genius! Love this cover...oh the nostalgia, '91 was a fine year indeed! (except for Paul Merson and fergie though it would appear!)...
  • Commented on Meanwhile ... In Charleston
    You know a magazine has real brand identity when competitors are...er..."inspired" (?) by it, check out this link...homage...or fromage...? http://yfrog.com/h8mxhrabj great work Marshall and the gang!...
  • Commented on SELF-PORTRAIT
    This is a great brief, really broad, what is a self portrait after all...can't wait to see how the students interpret this! Good luck!...
  • Commented on Student Competition Judges Announced
    Huge thanks to talk of the town Robert Festino for taking the time out of his hectic schedule to help judge this year especially as it was announced this morning that he will be the new design director of Men's...
  • Commented on Three Questions: At Home with Illustrator Noma Bar
    UPDATE! If anyone is in Paris this week, check out Noma's show at the Espace Beaurepaire, its up until Feb 20th and according to the good folks at Noma's agency Dutch Uncle, has received rave reviews since opening last tuesday...
  • Posted Sun, Sans and Serifs: Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2011 to Grids
    Fed up with the gloom of a seemingly endless winter, ready for a blast of sun, sand and serifs (heck this is a design blog after all!)...well this should blow the cobwebs off! Today sees the US release of the...
  • Posted Three Questions: At Home with Illustrator Noma Bar to Grids
    Norma Bar has been taking the international world of editorial illustration by storm for over ten years. You've seen his strikingly graphic award winning images in publications such as UK Esquire, The Economist, Men's Health, The New York Times, Wallpaper,...
  • Commented on Your Moment of Type Zen #3
    When you drive through Delaware I noticed lots of really crunchy signage for "Tobacco, Peanuts, Fireworks and Ham"! All the staples to get you through a holiday with the in-laws!...
  • Posted Pimp my Data! to Grids
    Cool motion info graphics are nothing especially new, but when they start popping up at the end of Will Ferrell movies they certainly do grab your attention. In a bid to get the lucky attendees of Steve Duenes' "Art +...
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