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SPD 46: The Design Annual For iPad & iPad mini

The Society of Publication Designers is proud to announce the launch of its second iPad app: SPD 46. This utility-based app is a enhanced companion to our 46th annual hardcover annual featuring the best in editorial design, photography and illustration in print and... MORE

Fast Company's United States of Design Cover Challenge

Fast Company's October issue (and stand-alone app) is dedicated to their Masters of Design package, and features four special cover designs commissioned around the idea of "The United States of Design." Creative Director Florian Bachleda tells us more:The theme for... MORE

SPD 45: The Design Annual For iPad

The Society of Publication Designers is proud to announce the debut of its first iPad app: SPD 45. This utility-based app is a enhanced companion to our 45th annual hardcover annual featuring the best in editorial design, photography and illustration in... MORE

Bloomberg Businessweek: Process

An evening with CD Richard Turley and the visual team of Bloomberg Businessweek.On Thursday, April 21st, please join us at the offices of Bloomberg Businessweek where Creative Director Richard Turley, Design Director Cindy Hoffman, Director of Photography David Carthas, Information... MORE

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SOLD OUT -- Bloomberg Businessweek: Process

An evening with CD Richard Turley and the visual team of Bloomberg Businessweek.On Thursday, April 21st, please join us at the offices of Bloomberg Businessweek where Creative Director Richard Turley, Design Director Cindy Hoffman, Director of Photography David Carthas, Information... MORE

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Three Questions For Grant Glas, Principal, Invisions Technical Arts

Even if you have only been half following along with SPD over the past year you have probably noticed that a fellow named Grant Glas has a lot to say about iPads. In fact I can't think of any posts... MORE

AIGA/NY (hearts) SPD Members: Marian Bantjes

We have great, great news for SPD members this afternoon who are yearning for even more delightful, inspiring opportunities to meet some of their heroes: Monday, November 1st (next week!) the AIGA/NY has a one-night-only event with self-confessed lapsed graphic... MORE

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1000 TIME Covers:
Thinking Inside the (Red) Box

On Wednesday, October 27th, please join us in welcoming Arthur Hochstein to the SPD Speakeasy to talk about his greatest hits, favorite never-seens, and all the in-betweens that went into making over 1000 covers of TIME Magazine. Longtime collaborator, artist... MORE

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Pub 45: 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... MORE

Pub 45: Spots

Chair Matthew Lenning led the 23rd 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... MORE

Flash Catalyst: NO CODE

We've all seen it happen--maybe it has happened to you: you're in a meeting, and someone asks for wireframes. Everyone starts falling all over themselves to explain that it's time to bring in the developer, designers don't do wireframes... that's... MORE

Runner's World Takes On BIGFOOT

It's not uncommon for so many in SPD: how should we tackle a story, a package, we've done before? Something we do ALL THE TIME, and yet, keep it fresh? Runner's World DD Kory Kennedy shares a solution from the... MORE

American Cowboy

Backpacker's Design Director, Matthew Bates, shares some highlights from sister mag (and new HQ fave!) American Cowboy:This past fall I had the opportunity to, temporarily, trade in my hiking boots and work on the redesign of our sister publication, American... MORE

A Fine Thanks

Last week I attended what I thought was going to be a retrospective exhibit of 10 years of editorial and design excellence at Metropolis magazine. As a relatively new New Yorker, and a long-time fan of the magazine's creative director,... MORE

Breakfast With Mr. Lois:
Part 4

Today is the day! Er, tonight is the night! Please join George Lois and Scott Dadich tonight for their talk at FIT. iPads, the MoMa, Esquire, Newsstands as Strip Clubs, etc. Only a few tickets remain, so don't miss this... MORE

Workshopaholics Unanimous: Sahre, Victore, Wilker

From their deliciously incoherent website, sahrevictorewilker.com this just in:"Paul Sahre, James Victore and Jan Wilker will conduct two intensive, 6-day (and night) graphic design workshops in the summer of 2010, for graphic design students and professionals around the world, who... MORE

Easy Inspiration

I'm finding I'm spending an inordinate amount of totally not-free time ogling the AIGA collections for much needed (hell, save-my-job-needed) inspiration for feature design. Have at it. Your boss will not likely thank you, but you'll be damn thankful.... MORE

Praising The Drawbridge

Visiting London recently, I got my first hands-on chance to appreciate The Drawbridge. It calls itself a magazine, but it can be more specifically described with two words that almost never appear side-by-side: new broadsheet.... MORE

Rare Specimen No. 5
Blue Note LP Covers

As part of this year's Pub 45 celebration of great work, we're asking people to share some of their personal inspirations with us. Our fifth entry in the Rare Specimens collection comes from Robert Newman, who shares his love for... MORE

Master Class: TypIDentity
"This typeface is confusing."

Ever wonder what it's like at the top?  Ever stare at your Indesign-ed monitor, wishing you could churn out award-winning work (or even work that matters?!) Ever flip through Blender, Wired, or New York and and wish you had those... MORE