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Pub 47: What Happened in 2011?

Riots? Civic disorder? Few nations running out of money? Some hurricanes, a tsunami and an earthquake or two? Kim Kardashian probably did something. Who really cares? All we care about is which typeface the New York Times Magazine used in their... MORE

The Coverjunkie Covers Magazine

Coverjunkie, the cool website that features daily updates of magazine covers from around the world, has published a pop-up magazine devoted to the best covers of 2011. It's filled with almost 250 covers, plus interviews with noted publication designers like... MORE

SPD 47: Robert Newman's Favorite Magazine

Robert Newman, Creative Director, Reader's Digest Favorite Magazine: Letter to Jane I love everything about Letter to Jane: its simplicity and cleanliness, its aesthetic, the spareness of the photographs and design. What might seem cold and detached in print works... MORE

Cover of the Day, September 21, 2011

Welcome to The SPD Cover of the Day. We'll be posting our favorite covers every Monday and Wednesday. Stay tuned for the best and coolest magazine and newspaper covers, as selected by our stellar group of experts. Reader's Digest,... MORE

Cover of the Day, August 22, 2011

Welcome to The SPD Cover of the Day. We'll be posting our favorite covers every Monday and Wednesday. Stay tuned for the best and coolest magazine and newspaper covers, as selected by our stellar group of experts. Reader's Digest,... MORE

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Robert Newman, New CD at Reader's Digest

Robert Newman is the new Creative Director for Reader's Digest, print and digital editions.If you've got news or tips about job changes and promotions, send them to us! e-mail to tips@spd.org. (The tip jar can be as anonymous as you need... MORE

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Details Magazine, 1990-2000, Part 2

This fall marks the 20th anniversary of the relaunch of Details magazine by Conde Nast. Earlier this month we profiled a set of Details covers from 1990-1998. Now we've got a feast of photography and illustration, from a stellar set... MORE

Details magazine, version #2, 1990-2000

This fall marks the 20th anniversary of the relaunch of Details by Conde Nast, under the editorship of James Truman, along with creative director Derek Ungless, photo director Greg Pond, and fashion director Bill Mullen. The first issues under Ungless's... MORE

Happy 20th Birthday Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 2

February 16th marked the 20th anniversary of the publication date of the first issue of Entertainment Weekly. We're continuing our six-part, year-long celebration with a look at the EW covers of the magazine's second design director, Robert Newman (that's me!).... 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

Magazines Go To The Movies

This week's Time Out New York cover (illustrated by The Red Dress), reminded me of several movie-inspired magazine covers and layouts. With the Oscars this weekend, why not look back on cinema-inspired layouts. It looks like its been fertile ground... MORE

Magazine covers: Does sameness sell?

Newspaper design guru Mario Garcia asks that question in his latest post for the Garcia Media blog. Why do so many magazine covers look the same? Why do they all use the same crop and style of photography, and why... MORE

Details "10th" Anniversary

This month, Details celebrates their "10th" Anniversary. Why the quotes? We'll its the 10th anniversary of their relaunch. The title actually dates back 28 years. ... MORE

Best! Books! Ever! (Part 4!)

C'mon Creative Geniuses: Ostensibly we didn't rise to greatness on the sheer force of our good looks! Admit you've sourced all kinds of books for visual advice to help you dazzle, inspire, and bend-to-your-will your lunk-head editors. Did I say... MORE

Latina: ¡Viva Mexico!

Florian Bachleda, Creative Director at Latina, shares a look behind their latest issue:As of late, Mexico's reputation has suffered greatly in the mainstream news media. With the constant reports of drug wars, violence and H1N1, you'd think it was the... MORE

3-Fer

A few fun things going on in art if you're in the city that cloudy and gray June forgot, and has finally got it's summer on...a quick post for hump day: WED 07.15 A design talk at the magnificent High... MORE

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Watch Here! SPD@FIT: New York Magazine at 40

An audio slideshow of the panel discussion celebrating New York Magazine's 40th anniversary.... MORE

SPD@FIT: New York Magazine at 40

Tuesday night was the first of SPD's fall speaker events, and it was a blockbuster: the audience was packed with notables, hopefuls, and everybody in between. It was a testimonial to New York Magazine's powerful influence in our city and... MORE

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Relax Your Mind and Let Your Conscience Be Free

Indulge me for a moment...VIBE magazine had it's 15th anniversary this year, with a blow-out NYC party in August, and I got all nostalgic. I didn't attend, mind you, as fate would have it, I live in San Francisco now... MORE

Nancy Harris Rouemy: The NY Mag McCain Cover Challenge

I don't know what was more rousing last night--watching Bill O'Reilly challenge Barack Obama to explain his association with Rev. Wright and Bill Ayers, or watching Dirk Barnett, the skillful Creative Director of Blender, challenge Walter Bernard, Milton Glaser, Bob... MORE