SPD MEDIA MIX is our regular list of publication design, digital, and media news and updates. Please send your links and news items to SPD at mail@spd.org and we'll add them to the Mix. >> Art director Laura Baer participated in the 50th... MORE
There's nothing we enjoy more than these new Dead Osama bin Laden magazine covers. If you attended the SPD Speakeasy with former Time art director Arthur Hochstein, you know that the Time cover, illustrated by Tim O'Brien, has been ready... MORE
Aurthur Hochstein spoke of TIME's iconic "X" covers and continuing the tradition with covers marking the demise of Saddam Hussein and Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi back in October at SPD's 1,000 Covers evening. With the breaking news that Osama Bin Laden has been killed (on... MORE
Rolling Stone has just published The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, a high-quality rock 'n' roll bookazine packed with high-quality portrait illustration. Most of the illustrations in the bookazine previously appeared in two special issues of the magazine called... MORE
The next SPD Speakeasy features former Time art director Arthur Hochstein discussing 1000 Covers: Thinking Inside the (Red) Box, on October 27, at 7pm. Arthur was the art director at Time for 15 years, where he designed 1000 covers, and... MORE
The results of a great judging weekend? A fantastic selection of medal finalists, with competition so tight that in a very few instances, there are ties that can't be broken: Gold and Silver Medals from the following list of Medal... MORE
... of illustration is a great way to spend a night. Huge thanks to the illustrators who shared their experiences and advice, covering everything from finding, accepting, and turning down work to rights and copyright issues, good and bad art... MORE
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... MORE
As the N.Y. Times aptly put it yesterday, after almost a "Year Of Sitting On The Edge of Our Seats" I thought I'd post a bit of a tension release on the eve of the big day. On the jump... MORE
