Grids: The Official SPD Blog

July 1st marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the bloody battle of Gettysburg in which soldiers from the Union and Confederacy fought non-stop for three days in Pennsylvania. We at SPD value our American history and what better way to contribute to the commemoration of the battle than to profile a recent redesign of the The Civil War Trust's magazine "Hallowed Ground". The Civil War Trust is a wonderful charity who help purchase and preserve historic civil war battle fields to protect them against development. The design director of their magazine is Jeff Griffith who in his day job serves as Creative Director of advertising and marketing at US Men's Health. A self confessed Civil War nut, Jeff walks us through his recent redesign of Hallowed Ground after the jump.

On June 5th SPD hosted a speaker series event in conjunction with Adobe to preview the new Creative Cloud.  Adobe's Worldwide Evangelist Terry White gave the audience a sneak peek of what's coming next for digital publishers and a rundown of the new enhancements in the Creative Cloud programs.  

Joe Zeff of Joe Zeff Design then showed how creative cloud was used to produce the SPD award winning Fast Company app. 

See photos from the event after the jump...

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from around the world.

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from around the world.

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from around the world.