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Posted W to Contest
Creative design in magazines is meant to complement and underscore the images it accompanies. But W goes a step further. The elegant use of typographic solutions, commissioned illustrations and negative space succinctly tie each story together. Such exceptional design evokes...
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Posted Even Fido Votes! (If he's a member, of course.) to Grids
Don't forget about the Members' Choice award! It's the only Gold Medal where every member of SPD gets to vote. The creative directors, art directors, designers, photo editors, assistants, terriers, spaniels, sheepdogs: ALL VOTE. It's another $35 SPD gives you...
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Posted Even Fido Votes! (If he's a member, of course.) to Competitions
Don't forget about the Members' Choice award! It's the only gold medal where every member of SPD gets to vote. The creative directors, art directors, designers, photo editors, terriers, spaniels, sheepdogs: All vote. It's another $35 SPD gives you as...
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Posted Member vs Non Member to Grids
Question: If I were entering PUB 44 (and I am)--would I want to pay for my entries as a non member, or get smart and save lots of $$ as a member?I think we all know the answer to this...
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Posted Throw A Dog A Bone to Competitions
Beside this year's competition being a special one (new categories, eliminated circulation rule, free mag of the year entry,) and in lieu of our canine Best in Show theme, we're also giving back to the companion animal.By submitting for one of our new categories (creature...
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Posted Member vs Non Member to Competitions
Question: If I were entering PUB 44 (and I am)--would I want to pay for my entries as a non member, or get smart and save lots of $$ as a member? I think we all know the answer to...
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Posted Throw A Dog A Bone to Grids
Beside this year's competition being a special one (new categories, eliminated circulation rule, free mag of the year entry,) and in lieu of our canine Best in Show theme, we're also giving back to the companion animal.By submitting for one...
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Posted We are the world... to Grids
Oh, but PUB 44 is for your magazine.As with my own experience meeting folks last month from the publishing industry in Denmark & Norway, and from all those amazing mags in the Berlin Shop of Heaven our SPD Pres Scott...
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Posted We are the world... to Competitions
Oh but competition 44 is for your magazineAs with my own experience meeting folks last month from the publishing industry in Denmark and Norway, and from all those amazing mags in the Berlin Shop of Heaven our SPD Pres Scott...
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Posted NEW Categories!? MORE Categories!? WHAT? to Grids
Here's the deal with this year's bow-wow competition 44: No more circulation categories, but focus on content. Shazaam. Like goes with like, and the unsung (non-celebrity work, service, etc.) are DEFINITELY getting a medal at the Gala. Whaaat!?! Yeah, no...
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Posted NEW Categories!? MORE Categories!? WHAT? to Competitions
Here's the deal with this year's bow-wow competition 44: No more circulation categories, but focus on content. Shazaam. Like goes with like, and the unsung (non-celebrity work, service, etc.) are DEFINITELY getting a medal at the Gala. Whaaat!?! Yeah, no...
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Posted PUB 44: Behind The Scenes to Grids
While your PUB 44 co-chairs Judith Puckett-Rinella and yours truly have been preparing all the details for the competition, I couldn't bear but document our Best in Show star Chrome during the photoshoot for the announcement poster (to be found...
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Posted PUB 44 CALL FOR ENTRIES: Best In Show! to Grids
Best in Show: A competition whereby dogs designs are judged as to which one is considered to be the most closely conformed to its written breed standard of excellence. It's time to take off your muzzles and unleash your inner design top dog....
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Posted PUB 44 CAPTAINS and JUDGES Announced to Grids
The Pub 44 BEST IN SHOW POSTERS were mailed out this week, so it's time to finally unleash our feisty list of captains and judges that will bark over all your tearsheets this coming January.Co-ChairsNathalie Kirsheh, AD, WJudith Puckett-Rinella, Senior...
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Posted PUB 44 CALL FOR ENTRIES: Best In Show! to Competitions
Best in Show: A competition whereby dogs designs are judged as to which one is considered to be the most closely conformed to its written breed standard of excellence.It's time to take off your muzzles and unleash your inner design top dog. That's...
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Posted Jeg er hjemme! to Grids
In Danish, that translates to "I'm back home!"I just returned from a fascinating visit to Denmark and Norway where i was asked to speak at a design conference along with our very own SPD President Scott Dadich, Eva Spring of...
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Posted Three Dog Night to Competitions
Now that it's starting to get chilly out, it's a reminder that the 44th competition will be here before we know it. Be sure to join (or renew) as a member to ensure the discount on entries! We've got some...
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Posted Type-spiration to Grids
It's fantastic to see the efforts that have shaped typography into what's determined some of our current design direction today. A great example is this rad vintage design annual I found laying on W's Art Intern (Krzysztof Piatkowski's) desk called...
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Posted Grrrrr... to Competitions
Pub 44. It's coming. Soon. So stay tuned for sneak peeks behind the curtain as the competition develops. The judge and jury list is almost set, so keep your eyes on this blog for the first of many big announcements....
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Posted Under Pressure to Grids
Regardless of having great content and amazing imagery to design with here at W, it often takes quite a number of typographical explorations to create the right solution for a layout (especially when I'm thrown a couple of curve balls...
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Posted (Not So Rubber-) Necking to Grids
Despite prolonging an already long drive, one of my absolute favorite things to do on a road trip is to stop along the way for anything that catches my attention (i.e. farmer's markets, yard sales, unique shops.) ...
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Posted The Drawing Board to Grids
Folks, as you may have already heard, I've finally found my partner in crime (Judith Pucket-Rinella - Senior Photo Editor, T) to co-host this year's 44th annual competition with yours truly. So it's about that time on our SPD calendar...
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Posted Reel Characters to Grids
Check out this short where a group of film majors-turned-comedians give us a jesting look at what the fonts we know so well on a daily basis would be like if they were..... real people....
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Posted Mixed Media to Grids
As Art Director of W and in my pursuit to side with the wondrous world of art collecting, I've been keeping note of some stimulating work currently being produced by young artists. One abstract creator I've had my eye on...
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Posted Designer's Block to Grids
We know visual stimulant is all around us but, when I have designer's block I sometimes need immediate optical motivation for concepts/type treatment. When there's no time to run out to the book store or my fav eccentric magazine stand,...
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