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Posted Cover of the Day, January 12, 2012 to Grids
Welcome to The SPD Cover of the Day: our favorite covers of the week. Stay tuned for the best and coolest magazine and newspaper covers, as selected by our stellar group of experts.Worth, January 2012Art Director: Dean SebringIllustration: Brian Stauffer...
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Posted Cover of the Day, January 10, 2012 to Grids
Welcome to The SPD Cover of the Day. Our favorite covers of the week. Stay tuned for the best and coolest magazine and newspaper covers, as selected by our stellar group of experts.Artvoice (Buffalo, NY), December 22, 2011Art Directors: Zachary...
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Posted TIME: How You Like Mitt Now? to Grids
Fresh off a "win" Tuesday night, TIME magazine revisits Mr. 25% Mitt Romney with a cover that nods to their Dec 12, 2011 cover (right). More on the cover store here at TIME Swampland. (left: Jan 16, 2012)Cover photograph by...
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Posted Looking Back, Moving Forward to Grids
Looking back, 2011 was a big year. Amongst the defining events this year were the Earthquake in Japan, Arab Spring, The Royal Wedding, Osama bin Laden's Death, Oprah's last show, the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, Occupy Wall Street, the passing...
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Posted Conde Nast: All Fire'd Up to Grids
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...
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Posted Magazines on Fire to Grids
The Kindle Fire is set to debut on Tuesday with Facebook, Twitter, Netflix and "several thousand other apps including over 400 magazine and newspaper titles. With nine magazines (below), Conde Nast appears to have the largest collection ready for launch...
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Posted New iPad Social Magazines from Yahoo and Google Expected Soon to Grids
Yahoo's Livestand and Google's Propeller are expected to enter a crowded digital tablet newsstand next week--joining scial magazine apps, like Flipboard, TweetMag, CNN's Zite, and Editions by AOL.These apps are another vision of what magazines could be for tablets: great...
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Posted Farewell to an Icon: Steve Jobs (1955-2011) to Grids
We lost a great one yesterday. Here, the design community reacts to the impact that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had on themselves and design along with a look at how magazines have covered his early death. Personally, Steve gets my vote to get into...
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Posted John Kascht iPad App: "cutting edge meets old school" to Grids
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:...
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Posted Run, Sarah. Run! to Grids
With the next GOP Debate set for September 7th, Momma Grizzly (and former Alaska governor) Sarah Palin is keeping everyone guessing about whether or not she's going to claw her way into the race for the Republican Presidential nomination. Former Bush...
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Posted Jon Stewart on Michele Bachmann Newsweek cover to Grids
Jon Stewart dove into this week's controversial Newsweek cover, blasting the magazine for its cover photo. We've seen this story before with their Sarah Palin covers (see also: The Closeup Cover, The Flag Cover)--not to mention the recent stir surrounding...
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Posted Facebook Likes Indie App Publisher Push Pop Press to Grids
Facebook--Market value: $80B, Est revenue: $2B (Fortune, 7/25/11)--has aquired one of the hottest iPad book publishers on the market, Push Pop Press. The publisher made a splash recently with its highly acclaimed app Our Choice by Al Gore.This is further evidence--as...
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Posted These Guys Kick APPS: Wrap-Up to Grids
A big thanks to everyone who came out to our Indie App night featuring speakers from WoodWing, Seven, TRVL and Joe Zeff Design....
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Posted Men's Health: Sexy Legs! to Grids
We've seen him bare all before, but who knew True Blood's Stephen Moyer has such sexy legs? Thanks to Anna Dickson for finding this seen-on-the-newsstand gem....
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Posted These Guys Kick APPS: Q&A (Part 3) to Grids
The creative forces behind TRVL, Above & Beyond: George Steinmetz, PROJECT, The Final Hours of Portal 2 and more come together for one night in NYC to the SPD SpeakEasy--to inspire and inform, and give you the inspiration to kick some apps, too. Leading up to...
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Posted These Guys Kick APPS: Q&A (Part 2) to Grids
The creative forces behind PROJECT, TRVL, Above & Beyond: George Steinmetz, The Final Hours of Portal 2 and more come together for one night in NYC to the SPD SpeakEasy--to inspire and inform, and give you the inspiration to kick some apps, too. Leading up to...
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Posted Scott Dadich on POWER Platon for iPad to Grids
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...
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Posted These Guys Kick APPS: Q&A (Part 1) to Grids
The creative forces behind PROJECT, TRVL, Above & Beyond: George Steinmetz, The Final Hours of Portal 2 and more come together for one night in NYC to the SPD SpeakEasy--to inspire and inform, and give you the inspiration to kick some apps, too. Leading up...
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Posted 10 Essential iPad Apps for Publication Designers (2nd Edition) to Grids
There's no time like the present for our 2nd edition of the essential apps you need for your iPad. This time out, the focus was around reference, inspiration and utility-based apps. Again, nowhere near a definitive list, but an ongoing look...
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Posted Texas Monthly Goes to the Movies to Grids
The summer movie season kicks off with a series of Texas classics from Texas Monthly. For its Texas Monthly Rolling Roadshow, the magazine (partnered with The Alamo Draftfouse) created a beautiful set of new posters for the classic films. For...
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Posted TIME: The X Factor to Grids
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...
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Posted "Above & Beyond" The Traditional iPad Publication App to Grids
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...
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