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2012 was a complicated year for our community, it was one of great opportunity both digitally and in print. We saw some extraordinary redesigns and mile-stone editions, we welcomed back Best Life, saw the biggest ever issue of InStyle, the return (in part) of lux ad dollars and the launch issue of Howler magazine (okay that last one was for me!). Sadly this year though we also saw Newsweek go all digital and Newscorp's great digital experiment The Daily just...go. 

Looking back, 2011 was a big year. Amongst the defining events this year were the Earthquake in Japan, Arab Spring, The Royal Wedding, Osama bin Laden's Death, Oprah's last show, the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, Occupy Wall Street, the passing of Steve Jobs. Events we closely followed and covered.

For The Society, we saw good things: A jam-packed Gala, our debut iPad app, a thriving Student community, exciting Speaker Series, and more. Industry-wide, we saw exciting magazine redesigns and launches; Exploration and wider roll-out of tablet apps; Stunning design, photography and illustration work (more on that in a moment). In addition, at the end of this year, our Executive Director, the indefatigable Emily Smith is leaving SPD. We will miss her sorely. Personally, I have been very lucky to work closely with Emily over the years, and I will miss her grace and dignity and wish her the best on her new endeavors.