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SPD@FIT SPD@FIT: George Lois on 'The Esquire Covers @ MoMA'

03.03.10posted by
The Editors

SPD@FIT: George Lois on 'The Esquire Covers @ MoMA'

We show this all the time, we love it so, but there's never too much of a great thing: here's a a tiny flash of what you might get a chance to see at our evening with George Lois for SPD@FIT on Tuesday, March 30th, where he talks with Wired's Scott Dadich about his show of Esquire covers at MoMA, the subject of a new book from Assouline, George Lois: The Esquire Covers (rumor has itproven fact: books will be there for purchase and autographing):
 


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Gary Koepke for SPD@FIT: April 16th
SPD@FIT

03.13.09posted by
The Editors

Gary Koepke for SPD@FIT: April 16th

NEW DATE! Same great inspiration...
Modernista! Co-founder Gary Koepke: From Creative Director to Agency Entrepreneur




On April 16th, please join us for an SPD@FIT evening with Gary Koepke, Co-founder and Executive Creative Director of Modernista!, the fastest-growing independent creative agency in the world. Gary will recollect his transformation from graphic designer into agency founder and owner, tell stories from the front lines of creative entrepreneurship, and share some thoughts on publication design, the work that launched his career and that he continues to pursue at Modernista!

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DWI: Do It With Illustration
SPD@FIT

02.20.09posted by
The Editors

DWI: Do It With Illustration

Under the Influence with Today's Most Arresting Illustrators

Come and meet six of the brightest illustrators working today. Hear how they create the images that inform, seduce and enlighten us on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. From cover portraits of President Obama to adjusting to life in the suburbs to packaging for sexual lubricant creams (!) to the pitfalls of job-hunting--get an inside view on how these artists tackle a broad range of topics and their perspectives (illustratively speaking), on politics, work, life and love.

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SPD@FIT PAULA SCHER: Now & Then

01.05.09posted by
Emily Smith

PAULA SCHER: Now & Then

ADVANCE TICKETS ARE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT!!

For our inaugural SPD@FIT event for 2009, we knew we needed something big enough to keep pace with the other big inaugural events of 2009. Join us on Tuesday, February 10th for an evening with Paula Scher, Partner at Pentagram, for an evening Paula describes in this way:

As a child of the sixties I was always rebellious. It came with the decade. I found that a form of rebelliousness is always present in my best work, and my work suffers when it is widely accepted and it becomes a part of the establishment.
This talk will show how I have rebelled against Helvetica, expectations of others, and mostly rebelled against myself.
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LOUPED IN: Tuesday, November 11
SPD@FIT

10.19.08posted by
Catherine Talese

LOUPED IN: Tuesday, November 11

"The world now contains more photographs than bricks, and they are, astonishingly, all different."  - John Szarkowski
The Photography Editors

They began in philosophy and film, retail and environmental studies; but today they are all photography editors: passionate about the images they produce, and the photographers they work with. On Tuesday night they'll talk about what sparks their imagination, their inspirations, and the assignments that keep them questioning, "how should this look?"
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