Big Shots with Gillian Laub and Kira Pollack

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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th, photographer Gillian Laub's powerful portraits of Holocaust survivors were projected onto buildings and structures throughout New York City including the landmark Brooklyn Bridge. For her project Live2Tell Gillian has photographed and documented the oral histories of over 200 survivors.

In the return of SPD’s Big Shots speaker series, SPD Advisory Board Member and Senior Visuals Editor of Vanity Fair, Natalie Gialluca, speaks with Gillian and her creative partner on this project, Creative Director Kira Pollack about the inspiration, process and production of this extraordinary, one of a kind art exhibit.

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Producers: Natalie Gialluca, Jeanne Graves, Allyson Torrisi Host: Natalie Gialluca; Promotion Design: Kat Kluge

Photo: Omer Kaplan

Photo: Jonah Rosenberg

Photo: Ben Smith

Photo: Kyle Knodell

 

Takin' Care of Business

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Thanks to moderator Trevett McCandliss and panelists Luke Hayman, Nikolle Reyes, José Reyes, and Carla Frank for joining us for Takin’ Care of Business. This virtual event was a lively discussion about entrepreneurialism in the editorial design space.

Article Mentioned During the Panel
The New York Times: How NASA Learned to Love 4 Squirmy Letters

 
 
 
 

On The Record with Ari Michelson

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Celebrity portrait photographer Ari Michelson, speaks with David Cooper (former Photo Director of Health Magazine and executive SPD board member) about process, how personality plays a role in shooting portraits and hugs and high-fives! Known for his celebrity photobooth such as the People and Entertainment Weekly one at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022.

“When I shoot a portrait, I literally fall in love with my subject a little bit.”
— Ari Michaelson

PEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly's Toronto International Film Festival 2022 portrait studio (Ari + Louise)

The On the Record series is typically reserved for SPD members only. To see more interviews like this, become an SPD Member. Members get access to past speaker events such as For The Love of Entertainment Weekly and our On the Record series.

The Ethics of AI & Art

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Thanks to Victor Williams, Digital Design Director, TIME; Timothy Bardlavens, Director of Product Equity, Adobe; Lam Thuy Vo, Reporter, The Markup; and Tomer Hanuka, Illustrator for joining us for The Ethics of AI & Art. This virtual event was a lively discussion on artificial intelligence, its pros/cons, and its impact on the editorial landscape.

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Redesigning Rolling Stone with Joseph Hutchinson

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Joseph Hutchinson is the creative director extraordinaire for Rolling Stone, where he oversees design and visuals for print, digital, and the overall brand portfolio. In 2018, he led a major redesign to refresh the content strategy and modernize the brand’s design, photography, and illustration while retaining its distinctive heritage and feel. More recently, Joseph led a redesign of Rolling Stone’s website that launched last summer while co-chairing SPD’s 57th annual competition. He spoke with Lan Yin Bachelis, Creative Director and Designer, Dotdash Meredith Premium Publishing about the why, how, and wow of this redesign in the video above and selected work samples below.

Logo Refresh

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From Hutchinson: “One thing I didn’t expand upon in the [video] was a challenge we faced by bringing back detail and dimension to the RS logo and moving away from a flat logo. The previous flat logo worked everywhere, but a single dimensional logo looks great on the cover and at the top of the homepage on your laptop, but not great on mobile or in small positions like the compressed navigation bar on desktop website. So Jesse, Roger and I came up with a small version of the Rolling Stone logo, with simpler shapes and less detail, that reads better in small or challenging positions. That simpler version still has dimension to echo the ‘big’ cover logo, so the identity is still there, but the small version reads well at small sizes.”

Social Media Samples

 

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Harry Styles Covers the World

Selected Print Pages

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On The Record with David Cooper

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Thanks so much to David Cooper, Illustrator and former Photo Director of Health Magazine and Victor Williams, Digital Design Director of TIME for filming the latest installment of On the Record, our members-only series. As a continuation of our in-person Off The Record event hosted by Victor, this candid conversation was recorded on February 4, 2022. After a brief introduction from SPD’s Executive Director, Keisha Dean, the current and former SPD board members, discuss the melting pot of ideas, the importance of representation, and the “multi-faceted beauty and glory of Blackness.”

The On the Record series is typically reserved for SPD members only, however, we are sharing this important conversation publicly for the entire SPD community to watch. SPD Members get access to past speaker events such as For The Love of Entertainment Weekly and our On the Record series.

Check out the full video above! This recording is the second-take of this conversation after the first recording had some technical difficulties. However, we were able to gather a couple good clips from that first conversation and have included them below. Scroll further down to see some work examples they mention during their discussion.

CLIPS


Watch David and Victor get inspired to rap in the first-take of On The Record:

“Black life is complicated. Black family life is complicated.
We got to see all the facets of that.”
- David Cooper

WORK

CREDITS

TIME Magazine

Visions of Equity:
By Jordan Casteel

George Floyd:
Cover illustration by Ange Hillz for TIME

Book Covers

Marcus Makes a Movie:
Cover design by Carol Ly / Random House Kids

Black Boy Out Of Time:
Cover design by Lindy Martin / Faceout Studio

Health Magazine

Simone Biles:
Photo: AB + DM at The Only Agency
Hair: Ben Skervin at The Wall Group
Makeup: Rebecca Restrepo at Walter Schupfer
Wardrobe: Jason Rembert

Gabrielle Union:
Photo: AB + DM at The Only Agency
Hair: Larry Sims at Tracey Mattingly
Makeup: Sam Fine
Wardrobe: Thomas Christos Kikis at The Wall Group
Set: Anna Surbatovich at Art-Dept

 

On Set With Joe Pugliese

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Thanks to Joe Pugliese, Portrait Photographer; Byron Nickleberry, Lighting Director and First Assistant; John DuBois, Photographer and Director; Shaughn Crawford, Photographer and Director; and Meredith Munn, Digital Tech and Photographer for joining us for On Set with Joe Pugliese. This panel discussion pulled back the curtain with the industry’s leading current and former on-set assistants.

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Major Props

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Thanks to Allyson Torrisi, Deputy Director of Photography, People Magazine; Megan Caponetto, Prop Stylist and Model Builder; Victoria Granof, Food Stylist, Director; and Mary Howard, Set Designer Stylist for joining us for Major Props. This panel discussion gave us a behind-the-scenes look as they pulled back the curtain on prop styling and set design.

Special thanks to our sponsors: ACME Brooklyn, Hook Props, Noho Productions, Noho Surface, and Set Shop; to Mary Howard and Hook Studios for providing the space for our event; and to ZOOM ImageWorks for live streaming the event/video work.

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YOUNG FIRE 2

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Check out SPD-U’s YOUNG FIRE 2: A Show & Tell of Emerging Talent! Thanks to Chloe Scheffe (Designer and Art Director), Rose Wong (Illustrator) and Mamadi Doumbouya (Photographer) for sharing their stories and paths to early successes.

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History as Brief: Redesigning The Atlantic

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Thanks to Oliver Munday, Design Director, and Luise Stauss, Director of Photography for joining us for History as Brief: Redesigning The Atlantic. Oliver and Luise took us behind-the-scenes as they discussed the process of redesigning and producing one of America's longest-standing publications.

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On The Record with Paul Moakley, Editor at Large, Special Projects, TIME

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Thanks so much to Paul Moakley, Editor at Large, Special Projects, TIME and Victor Williams, Digital Design Director, TIME for filming On The Record, our members-only series that is a continuation of our in-person Off The Record event. In this candid conversation, the colleagues discuss leadership and collaboration in a remote work setting. This was recorded in March 2021. If you notice Victor's job title is different in the video it's because he got promoted since recording. Sweet!

Check out a sneak peek from their conversation now and scroll to the end to see some work examples they mention during their discussion.

 

Dubs to the Future: The Rebranding of the Golden State Warriors

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Thanks to Stef Fontela, former Creative Director of the Golden State Warriors and Neil Jamieson, Principal of The Sporting Press for a night of lively conversation for our virtual event Dubs to the Future: The Rebranding of the Golden State Warriors.

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For the Love of Martha Stewart Living

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Thanks to moderator Cybele Grandjean, panelists Matthew Axe, James Dunlinson, Abbey Kuster-Prokell, Jaspal Riyait, and Gael Towey and surprise guest Martha Stewart for joining us at our For the Love of Martha Stewart Living virtual event. The event celebrated the 30th anniversary of Martha Stewart Living as they reminisced and chatted about their experiences creating a mega brand loved by millions.

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TypeCraft 2020

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Thanks to David Matt, VP Creative, Content & Strategy, Foundry 360@Meredith; Dave Crossland, Program Manager, Google Fonts; Frida Medrano, Type & Digital Designer, Kettle (Onsite at Apple); Christian Schwartz, Partner, Commercial Type; and June Shin, Typeface Designer, Occupant Fonts for joining us for TypeCraft 2020: A ‘What’s Next’ View of What’s Happening in the Type World. TypeCraft 2020 is for all those in the graphic arts, design and typographic communities who have an interest in type and its continued evolution.

Listen to a roundtable of four type experts discussing new and upcoming developments in the world of type:
     - Type in Print
     - Type on Screens
     - And Tech-Based Developments Like Variable Type, AI in Type Design and More

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The Diversity Dynamic: Episode 2 with Keisha Dean, Anton Ioukhnovets, and Wanyi Jiang

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“Self-education basically is very important. Whether you are in the workplace
or outside of the workplace, it’s just step one.”

-Anton Ioukhnovets, Creative Director, 30 Point

“We are technically the media, so what are we saying?”

-Wanyi Jiang, Design Director, Marie Claire

Why are certain images and roles of People of Color magnified in the media? Why aren’t there more Black editors and creatives in this industry? How can you be a real advocate for change?

Watch the discussion about these topics and more in Episode 2 of The Diversity Dynamic recorded on August 21, 2020. SPD Members, Anton Ioukhnovets, Creative Director, 30 Point and
Wanyi Jiang, Design Director, Marie Claire, join SPD’s Executive Director Keisha Dean to have a candid conversation. Please ignore the Zoom glitches and have an open mind. It’s real talk to inspire real action. 

Special thanks to Ronda Thompson for designing The Diversity Dynamic logo.

"It can't just be Black voices talking about diversity and inclusion..."

-Keisha Dean, Executive Director, SPD

 
 

Self Education Resources Mentioned in Episode 2

Additional Resources

 

The Diversity Dynamic with Keisha Dean, Krystal Atwater, and Victor Williams

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“Diversity equals quality.”

-Keisha Dean, Executive Director, SPD

The first episode of SPD’s The Diversity Dynamic features SPD’s Executive Director, Keisha Dean, and SPD Board Members, Krystal Atwater, Senior Creative Producer, Photo & Video Studios, Fisher-Price and Victor Williams, International Art Director, TIME.

A few members of SPD’s Leadership Team recorded a low-tech discussion about diversity on June 26, 2020.  Yes - the screen freezes at some point during the recording.  But they keep going because it’s a real conversation. No pretense. No frills. Just honesty and some humor. Watch it. It’s worth it.

You can watch the video Krystal mentions about Insecure and its cinematography from Variety here.

To hear more from Krystal and Victor check out Krystal’s episode on SPD’s Who The F Did That? Podcast with Brad Smith here and Victor’s Off The Record event with Thomas Alberty here.

Special thanks to Ronda Thompson for designing The Diversity Dynamic logo.

“Black artists just want to be respected as artists.  The Black part is a bonus.”

-Krystal Atwater, Senior Creative Producer, Photo & Video Studios, Fisher-Price

photographer: Andrew Donsunmu

photographer: Andrew Donsunmu

 “There is this excellence that exists whether it’s being seen or not.”

-Victor Williams, International Art Director, TIME

painting: titus kaphar

painting: titus kaphar

 

Women In Tech

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Thanks so much to Eve Binder, Manager, Product Design, GrubHub; Emily Blank, Photo Director, Material Design, Google; Emem Offong, Senior User Experience Designer, JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Susana Soares, Director, UX & Design, Disney Streaming Services; and Dorelle Rabinowitz, Executive Design Leader, Global User Experience Community of Practice, PayPal for joining us for our Women In Tech panel. Check out the teaser above and SPD members can login here to watch the full video.

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A huge thanks to PayPal for hosting us for this event!

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Off The Record with Thomas Alberty, Design Director, New York Magazine

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Thanks so much to Thomas Alberty, Design Director, New York Magazine and Victor Williams, International Art Director, TIME for leading our first members-only, Off The Record event in November 2019. While the full discussion was not recorded to inspire candid conversation, Thomas and Victor took some time before the talk to answer a few questions from our members that couldn’t attend the event in person. Check out two teasers from the night below and SPD members can login here to listen to their full answers.

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SPD-U: YOUNG FIRE

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Last month, SPD-U held our first YOUNG FIRE event! Thanks to Ben Grandgenett (Deputy Art Director, The New York Times Magazine), Aimee Sy (Digital Art Director, Glamour), and Simon Abranowicz (Deputy Art Director, GQ) for speaking and Jeff Glendenning (Deputy Design Director of Features The New York Times) for moderating.

Missed the event or want to listen again? Check out the video above. Special thanks to Stanley Collado for editing the video together!