Results tagged “illustration” from Grids
01.30.13
SF Weekly Covers by Andrew J. Nilsen
Andrew J. Nilsen has been the art director at altweekly SF Weekly for the past three years. During that time he's art directed over 150 covers, many of them self-illustrated (and one, featuring an illustration by Brian Stauffer won a... MORE
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
01.16.13
Anorak Kids' Magazine Now Available in the U.S.
Anorak is a UK-based kids magazine for ages 6-12 that just debuted in the U.S. and North America with their new "Animals" themed issue. Edited and art directed by Cathy Olmedillas, Anorak launched in 2006, and is taglined, "The happy... MORE
Brian Stauffer Illustrations
Illustrator Brian Stauffer has been on a tear the past couple years, creating a brilliant body of work for publications as diverse as Worth, The New Yorker, the Huffington app, and countless altweeklies, as well as doing some knockout posters... MORE
Weekly Dig/Dig Boston Altweekly Covers
One of my favorite altweekly newspapers is Dig Boston, formerly called (until last year) the Weekly Dig. Creative director Tak Toyoshima's covers are a weekly visual treat using a brilliant selection of illustrators and photographers, and sometimes handling the art... MORE
The New Yorker Halloween Covers
One of our favorite annual rituals of magazine cover publishing is The New Yorker Halloween cover. Here's a collection of a dozen classics from the 21st Century, all art directed by Francoise Mouly.(Above): The New Yorker, November 6, 2000. Illustration:... MORE
10.23.12
Herb Lubalin Retrospective #1: Fact
To celebrate this weekend's Herb Lubalin Then and Now symposium, SPD will be posting a three-day celebration of the magazine cover designs of one of our favorite art directors and typographers. First up is Fact magazine, first published in 1964... MORE
'ARGO' as Visualized by WIRED, A Week of Wired BONUS!
How WIRED magazine helped visualize the movie ArgoThe first time I heard Argo pitched as a magazine story was back around March 2007 in WIRED's monthly pitch meeting on the 3rd floor of our swanky SOMA offices in San Francisco. These meetings would take... MORE
Barack Obama Illustrations
Last week we posted a collection of Mitt Romney illustrations. Now, we're giving equal time to illustrations of Barack Obama. Although most of the illustrations in this set are recent, we did dig back for a few published right after... MORE
David Downton Sketches Vanity Fair's Best Dressed
To honor the members of this year's Best-Dressed Hall of Fame, Chris Dixon and the team at Vanity Fair commissioned fashion illustrator David Downton to sketch 5 of their stylish ladies.Downton traveled to Paris, New York, and London to paint his portraits from real-life... MORE
Cover of the Day: Wednesday Edition
Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper cover design from around the world.Pittsburgh City Paper, June 13, 2012Art Director: Lisa CunninghamIllustration: Jim RuggThat's the governor of Pennsylvania in this homage to the recent... MORE
Maurice Sendak Remembered
When Don Morris Design was producing issues of Nick Jr. Magazine, Editor in Chief Freddi Greenberg hired author Else Holmelund Minarik to create a story called "Little Bear's New Friend," the first new addition to the beloved Little Bear children's... MORE
Happy Thanksgiving! 11 Illustrated New Yorker Thanksgiving Covers
The New Yorker has been publishing Thanksgiving covers for most of its history. But our favorites are the ones done since 1993, all art directed by Francois Mouly. Here are 10 of our favorites (plus one pre-93 cover by Saul... MORE
Cover of the Day, November 23, 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. Fortune India,... MORE
Cover of the Day, October 24, 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. Newsweek International,... MORE
Steve Jobs Illustrations
Steve Jobs has been the inspiration for countless illustrated portraits over the years. Here are some of our favorites. If you've got more, let us know and we'll add them to the list.(Above): Illustration by Tsevis Visual Design, for Fortune.... MORE
Rolling Stone and the Art of the Record Review, Pt. 2: Senior Art Director Steven Charny
Rolling Stone senior art director Steven Charny is the guy responsible for assigning the lead record review illustration that appears in every issue of the magazine. Under the direction of RS art director Joe Hutchinson, Charny continues the long tradition... MORE
New Work
09.22.11
