SPD 46: The Design Annual For iPad & iPad mini

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PUB 46, for the ipad...a sneak preview

Coming this fall...PUB 46 for the ipad! This summer SPD along with the hugely talented people at Balance software have been frantically putting the finishing touches to our latest app! (sneak peaks after the jump)
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Spotted in NYC on a Mail Carrier Headed Your Way: SPD 46 Annuals Are Here!

We could not be more pleased to announce that the 46th Publication Design Annual is finally IN New York, and shipping out worldwide today to all our wonderful members. If you're close to New York, you should have it within a week or so, possibly sooner, depending on the vagaries of your particular mail carrier and mailroom sitautions, and if you're farther away, we used as many priority options as possible to get it to you faster. Need more, book junkies? Get some after the jump...
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Pub 46: Student Competition

THE STUDENT COMPETITION & THE ADOBE SCHOLARSHIP IN HONOR OF B.W. HONEYCUTT - Established in 1995, this competition honors the life and work of B.W. Honeycutt. It recognizes exceptional design by students with awards and three cash prizes: the Adobe Scholarship in Honor of B.W. Honeycutt, the first-place prize of $2500; second-place prize of $1000; and a third-place prize of $500. The top winners also received summer internships magazines in New York City. Chaired by Ian Doherty, Art Director at Food Network Magazine and Neil Jamieson, Design Director, Money, this juried competition acknowledges the student designer and the teachers who develop their unique talents.

 

In recognizing the promise of each student, Adobe affirms the creative possibilities inherent in the individual. Throughout its partnership with SPD, Adobe is helping shape the next generation of creative professionals. Together we are building the groundwork that will sustain and further artistic accomplishments within the editorial design community.

Special thanks to the judges:

Evan Campisi, Nylon

John Dixon, The Village Voice

Robert Festino, Men's Health

Elizabeth Hummer, Harper's Bazaar

Kory Kennedy, Runner's World

Gloria Pantell, TV Guide

James Reyman, Reyman Studio

 

The Society thanks our partner, Adobe Systems, Inc. for their ongoing support with this project.

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Pub 46: Spots

Chairs Criswell Lappin (Fahrenheit 212) and Matthew Lenning (MAT: Design Co) led the 24th Annual SPOTS competition, championing the little illustrations that say so much. From hundreds of entries, the judges selected a class of illustrations that do an excellent job of amplifying the editorial message, from a wide spectrum of publications. Winners are featured in a visual index here, and celebrated more extensively in a very limited-edition book published biannually, The SPOTS Book, showcasing both the illustrations and smaller versions of the original editorial pages that featured the work.

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Pub 46: Competition Credits

The SPD Annual Judging weekend is a tremendous event bringing together the most experienced and admired creatives working with editorial content today, challenging them to sift through thousands of entries in just a few days to find the best of the best you see featured in this book. To accomplish so much, in such a short time, requires the outstanding effort of so many--once again, however, SPD is blessed to have beyond outstanding support from a small army, and they make it look easy. Andrea Dunham, Design Director, People, and Brandon Kavulla, Creative Director, WIRED, (Co-Chairs), Jeremy LaCroix, Creative Director, CBS Interactive and Josh Klenert, Creative Director, Clear Channel Digital (Online Chairs), Luke Hayman, Partner, Pentagram (Magazine of the Year Chair), and Nancy Stamatopoulos (Competition Captain) extend an enormous thank-you on behalf of SPD to all the judges and volunteers for their support in making the judging happen this year, emergency fire alarm be damned! in January 2011 at FIT.

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SPD Gala: With Love, From the Photobooth

We know: you've been waiting a really, really long time for the photos from the Gala. Courtesy of our favorite Glenn Glasser, the smallest of previews after the jump, and the link to the full gallery...
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Magazine of the Year: GQ

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And the Members' Choice Award Goes to...

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Magazine of the Year Finalists #5: Wired

This Friday, May 13, at the SPD Gala, we'll be announcing the winner of this year's Magazine of the Year. This week we'll be running previews of each finalist, building up to Friday's big celebration. Be sure to check in every day to see the best magazine design work of the past year, and be sure to follow the results as they're posted on Twitter in real time Friday night. Our Twitter feed is @SPDtweets. 

The fifth of the five finalists for Magazine of the Year is Wired, creative director: Scott Dadich.

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