Results tagged “magazine design” from Grids

Boston magazine

The Boston Globe newspaper has been a fertile breeding ground for magazine designers. Richard Baker, Gail Anderson, Lynn Staley, and current Fortune design director Emily Kehe, among others, all cut their teeth in the Globe's newsroom. The latest Globe veteran... MORE

How the Newsweeklies Covered (and Designed) the Death of Steve Jobs

If anyone had doubts about the viability or importance of newsweeklies in the modern media world, they should have been dashed by the response last week to the death of Apple's Steve Jobs. Not only did Time, Bloomberg Businessweek, and... MORE

The Final Oprah Show: The Story of O

It's 4p EST and the final episode of Oprah is airing! Don't suffer withdrawal....you can attend the June 7 SPD SpeakEasy, The Story of O, and hear O magazine and app design directors Robert Priest and Grace Lee talk about... 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

The Story of O, Part 2: The Covers

On Tuesday, June 7, SPD will present The Story of O, featuring design directors Robert Priest and Grace Lee talking about O, the Oprah magazine and the O iPad app. They'll be talking about their work redesigning the print product and launching the app, all just days... MORE

Magazine of the Year: GQ

SPD is proud to announce this year's Gold Award winner for MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR is GQ. Once again, we have had a truly inspiring collection of contenders for SPD's highest award: Magazine of the Year. This is the third Gold award... MORE

Magazine of the Year Finalists #5: Wired

This Friday, May 13, at the SPD Gala, we'll be announcing the winner of this year's Magazine of the Year. This week we'll be running previews of each finalist, building up to Friday's big celebration. Be sure to check in every day... MORE

Magazine of the Year Finalists #4: W

This Friday, May 13, at the SPD Gala, we'll be announcing the winner of this year's Magazine of the Year. This week we'll be running previews of each finalist, building up to Friday's big celebration. Be sure to check in every day... MORE

Magazine of the Year Finalists #3: More

This Friday, May 13, at the SPD Gala, we'll be announcing the winner of this year's Magazine of the Year. This week we'll be running previews of each finalist, building up to Friday's big celebration. Be sure to check in every... MORE

Magazine of the Year Finalists #2: GQ

This Friday, May 13, at the SPD Gala, we'll be announcing the winner of this year's Magazine of the Year. This week we'll be running previews of each finalist, building up to Friday's big celebration. Be sure to check in... MORE

Magazine of the Year Finalists #1: Bloomberg Businessweek

This Friday, May 13, at the SPD Gala, we'll be announcing the winner of this year's Magazine of the Year. This week we'll be running previews of each finalist, building up to Friday's big celebration. Be sure to check in... MORE

Up: In-Flight Magazine Designed by +2 Designers

Up is the in-flight magazine for Portugal's TAP airlines. Since its launch in November 2007, the magazine has been designed by +2 designers, who are Vasco Colombo and Raquel Porto. It's published monthly in mixed languages, Portuguese and English. Each... MORE

Hollands Diep: Art Director Jaap Biemans

Hollands Diep is the Vanity Fair of the Netherlands. Jaap Biemans has been the art director there since April 2009. The busy Biemans is also the art director of weekly magazine Intermediair, and produces the wonderfully obsessive magazine cover website... MORE

New Work from Portland Monthly Magazine

One of our favorite city magazines is Portland Monthly, art directed by Jason Blackheart. It's a smartly-designed magazine, with lots of energy and overall coolness, much of it accented by Blackheart's own typographic illustrations. Here are some examples of recent... MORE

Trade magazine art directors talk about Ready-Media

The recent launch of Roger Black and friends' new project, Ready-Media, created a storm of controversy within the publication design community. The post about the project that ran on the SPD site garnered almost 80 comments, from some of the... MORE

In Defense of Roger Black and Ready-Media

Arthur Hochstein was the art director of Time magazine from 1994 to the end of 2009. In addition to creating over 1000 covers of the magazine (and putting together Time's annual Top 10 magazine cover list), he has done a... MORE

Inspiration: Télérama

If you've read my recent blogs, you've probably figured out by now that I'm not only a bit of a francophile, but also a huge Avedon fan, so forgive moi, but here comes just one more... On my recent trip... MORE

Welcome to the New SPD.org: A Note from Your President

As visual journalists, we spend just about every waking moment of our lives making sure the magazines and websites we work for look great. Day in, day out, tending our very own little gardens--which is why it struck those of... MORE