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Conde Nast: All Fire'd Up

One week after its launch, the Kindle Fire is proving to be a platform for publishers that rivals Apple's iPad. The industry is estimating 4-5 million devices to be sold this holiday season. Its smaller screen and 16:9 proportions does have its challenges for those reformatting magazine pages to the tablet screen, but the size of the potential audience is considerble. … MORE

John Kascht iPad App: "cutting edge meets old school"

Above & Beyond: John Kascht is the latest iPad app from Joe Zeff Design, featuring the well-known illustrator and his caricatures of celebrities and political figures. In the spirit of JZD's other storytelling apps -- Time's 9/11 anniversary, Above & Beyond: George Steinmetz and The Final Hours of Portal 2 -- Above & Beyond: John Kascht goes beyond the artist's work to present a compelling story about Kascht himself with multimedia content that helps the audience better understand and appreciate what makes each drawing unique. … MORE

Scott Dadich on POWER Platon for iPad

What is a book on the iPad? It's a question that's being answered in many different ways (See: Al Gore's Our Choice, William Joyce's The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, Above & Beyond: George Steinmetz, and even SPD 45). Scott Dadich is answering that question now with POWER Platon -- a coffee table book and now iPad app featuring arresting images of world leaders shot and narrated by the photographer. Here, Scott shares his insight into creating POWER for the iPad.… MORE

"Above & Beyond" The Traditional iPad Publication App

The last two weeks have seen the release of three high profile non-traditional publication apps for the iPad: Al Gore's Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, The Final Hours of Portal 2, and now Above & Beyond: George Steinmetz--the latter two coming out of Joe Zeff Design's shop in Montclair, NJ.… MORE

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 made here having to do with the iPad in which he hasn't commented extensively. His level of engagement aroused our curiosity enough to get in touch with the man and find out what he is working on. We're thinking he must have something cool related to the iPad in the works. Here's what we found out...… MORE

Three Questions: At Home with Illustrator Noma Bar

Norma Bar has been taking the international world of editorial illustration by storm for over ten years. You've seen his strikingly graphic award winning images in publications such as UK Esquire, The Economist, Men's Health, The New York Times, Wallpaper, The Guardian, Time Out London, and Field & Stream to name a few (...seriously the list is endless!), and he's been shown in galleries all over the world from London and New York to Stockholm and Paris. Noma also rakes in commercial work for clients as varied as IBM and the V&A, works as an installation artist, designs books, posters, covers, heck he even famously illustrated the BAFTA brochures for the 2009 awards show! Whether working in print, sculpture or building an installation, Noma's creative philosophy is always the same: "I am after the maximum communication with minimum elements."… MORE

Three Question Interview with Chris Rochelle, Photographer, CHOW.com

JL: You recently photographed a series of Christmas food images for CHOW.com entirely on Kodachrome film in homage to the medium which is being dealt its final death blow as the last processor of the film stock in the world, Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas, ceases to support its development on December 23rd. What was that experience like? Had you shot in Kodachrome before? … MORE

Three Questions With Maili Holiman, DD, Pop Up Magazine

I recently attended installment #4 of POP-UP magazine at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco and was blown away at how cool it was. You are the founding Design Director. How did the idea to do a live magazine come about and did you have any idea how popular it would become? It's sold out every time in something like 20 minutes! Have you guys thought about taking it on the road?

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Three Questions for Dan Saelinger

In recent years Art Director's Club 2009 "Young Gun" winner Dan Saelinger has become the go-to guy for bold, dynamic and above all smart conceptual work. This year alone his shots have appeared in publications as varied as Men's Health, Ladies Home Journal, Field & Stream, Fast Company, Prevention, Popular Mechanics, Proto, and AARP to name a few...I managed to grab a few minutes with him during his insanely busy shooting schedule to chat about the life of a conceptual photographer, the brave new world of shooting video and how to work with ever shrinking editorial budgets.
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Three Questions with Tim J Luddy, CD, Mother Jones

Mother Jones makes great use of illustration within its pages. Is this an artistic choice on your end, or the by-product of working with a tight budget?

TJL: We decide on whether to use illustration, photography, or a combination of the two on the basis of which medium will present each story's message most effectively. We appreciate the way that editorial illustration can present and shape ideas, and we have a tradition of strength in that area, going back to

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