SPD.ORG: Student Outreach

08.30.10posted by
The Editors

Join This Year's ONLY Pub Crawl on 9/24

To start this academic year off right, we've got our awesome Pub(lications) Crawl event happening Friday, September 24th. For those of you unfamiliar with the event, it's a day of office tours at two fantastic magazines for an in-depth look at the way things really work. We've got Family Circle, Martha Stewart Living, The New York Times Magazine, People, Popular Mechanics and Teen Vogue magazines all ready to give you behind-the-scenes access. Come armed with your curiosity and questions, but leave the portfolios at home, please.

Please note, this will be the ONLY Pub Crawl this academic year (there will not be one in the spring like we've offered in recent years), so make sure you don't miss out on this terrific event. Space is very limited, so RSVP now to reserve your spot. Details after the jump.

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Student Outreach

08.24.10posted by
The Editors

Farewell Summer, Hello Fall!

Welcome back to all you students already back at school or heading back soon. If your summer was anything like ours in NYC, you might actually be glad the summer weather is finally almost over. And even if not, we're here to help make the fall more enticing ... we've got our annual Pub Crawl coming up on September 24 (registration will open very soon), plus all the details on our Student Design Competition and a whole lot more coming your way. So mark your calendars for the 24th and then keep checking back here for the latest details and info. Happy New School Year!

Commentary

07.23.10posted by
The Editors

You're Catching All This, Right?

In case you haven't noticed, there's some MAJOR discussion going on in the editorial design world:
• Check out our SPD post with tons of great commentary here.
• Writer/Editor Andrew Losowsky states his own argument: part one and two.
• Also noted on MagCulture with comparisons to an iPad app.
• A Photo Editor notes designers' reactions are similar to that of photographers in regards to cheap stock photography. And even puts forth the idea that this whole thing might be an opportunity for photographers.

There's probably much more out there as well. And as a future designer, editor, photographer, illustrator or creative of any kind, you better be reading.

You Should Do This

07.16.10posted by
The Editors

For All You Ambitious High Schoolers...

The New York Times has teamed up with CUNY's School of Journalism to host a 3-day journalism workshop just for high school students. So if you're in the NYC area and are getting tired of your summer days (haha), consider attending. You'll learn about and get experience in reporting, writing, photography and video (and we can only image a little design will be involved in that!). Takes place next Monday, July 19, thru Wednesday the 21st in the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn. Check out all the details here.

You Should Do This

07.13.10posted by
The Editors

Help for Your Identity Crisis

As a student, you may not yet have proclaimed editorial design as your one true love ... and even those of us who have still have interests beyond the page (or screen these days). These other arenas of graphic design can teach a lot regardless of your final medium, so if you're interested at all in branding and identity (and isn't that what creating a magazine's look is all about?), then check out this new conference from Under Consideration:

An extension of their Brand New blog (check it out if you don't already know it), the Brand New Conference takes place on Nov. 5, 2010, here in NYC, features amazing speakers, and offers you students a 50% discount on the registration!! But you have to act fast, it's limited to only 25 of you. And for those of you unable to make it to the Big Apple, you can attend via webcast for even cheaper! They'll even be selling videos of the event afterward. All the details here.

Portfolio Reviews

06.16.10posted by
The Editors

As for Extra-Fancy Portfolios...

Make sure the work your portfolio is showcasing is as strong or stronger than your presentation. That's the advice of designer Chanpory Rith. His advice is geared more towards advertising design, but it's worth considering. Check out his portfolio post here. And then read his "7 Deadly Sins of Resume Design" and the comments section too for a great discussion on what to do and not to do. He also gives great tips on how to pretty-up a Word doc resume here.

And while we're on the topic ... we're in the midst of planning our fall portfolio event, so if you have any questions or suggestions for us, we'd love to hear 'em!

D'oh!

06.07.10posted by
The Editors

Dummy Copy Gone Public!

If you've been a reader for a while, perhaps you'll remember some of the terminology from our Vocab Lesson series from last fall, particularly "TK" and "Dummy Copy". If not, refresh your memory and then check out this example of rogue dummy copy and make a note to yourself to always proofread your work.

Editor's Note: Our Vocab Lesson series will resume later this year.

Speakeasy

06.04.10posted by
The Editors