Archive for April, 2010
Name that logo, a quiz for design obsessives
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Here are 26 distinctive letterforms and four well-known symbols from newspapers and magazines around the world. How many can you name? First correct answer receives a prize from the SND vault.
SND Italia Seminars in Milan and Rome
Monday, April 26th, 2010
Alberto Valeri and his staff, along with SND, are inviting you to meet some of the most famous personalities of international journalism, to talk about newspaper design, new media models and about the future of Italian press.
SND 2010: First quarter update
Sunday, April 25th, 2010
We’ve had a busy and exciting first quarter. This is an update of where we’re at — and what we expect to tackle next.
Much of this information is in the board meeting minutes posted last week. But, we thought it might also be helpful to provide a bulleted rundown.
SND 2010 Spring Board meeting minutes
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
The SND Board of Directors shares the minutes of the 2010 spring board meeting held April 17 in Denver, CO — the site of this year’s annual conference and workshop.
Follow the SSND competition
Monday, April 19th, 2010
Follow the University of Missouri College SND competition on their blog. See winners on Flickr; and follow developments on Twitter @SNDmizzou.
Support SND Foundation programs by purchasing a unique calendar
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
You can buy a day of the year to display your event, and you can pre-order your calendar today!
Attention students: Apply for travel grant or scholarship from SND Foundation
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
Each travel grant pays $720 toward attending the Annual Workshop in Denver. Travel grant applications are due May 29. The SNDF Scholarship is $2,000. Scholarship applications are due June 12.
Graphics workshop in Xi’an, China, May 11 to 14
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Juan Velasco and Jeff Geortzen will guide a hands-on, three-day graphics bootcamp in Xi’an, China. The sessions will take place May 11 to 14 and will cover a wide range of graphics and visuals.
Hosted by the Chinese Business View, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China
The story behind The Denver Post photo Pulitzer
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
In February, Craig F. Walker of the Denver Post earned a gold medal in SND’s Best of News Design competition for his story chronicling the journey of Ian Fisher from high school student to Iraq War veteran. On Monday, it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, the most prestigious award in journalism.
Region 12 report
Monday, April 12th, 2010
2009 REPORT SND LATINA – REGION 12 2009 was a year very important for Latin American newspapers. The use of big photos and illustrations is a distinguished characteristic of regional newspapers. Besides the international crises, the newspaper circulation increased during the last year. Some newspapers renewed designs in countries like Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, but
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Join We Media for an iPad throwdown in New York
Monday, April 12th, 2010
SND has joined the We Media innovation agency as a co-sponsor of Tabula Rasa, a “throwdown” and series of salons on the impact of the iPad and tablet computing on Thursday, April 29 at the Digital Sandbox Event Center, 55 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004. As a result of the sponsorship, SND members are
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A gift from SND
Saturday, April 10th, 2010
SND has welcomed a slew of new members since December. The roster includes 25 people who are the recipients of memberships donated by past and present leaders.
iPad Q&A: Popular Science magazine
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
Apple’s iPad made its debut over the weekend — and with it came the launch of several new apps from newspapers and magazines hoping to tap into a new set of readers. Popular Science is one of the first magazines to enter the race. The magazine made a bit of a splash when they first
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Inside the design process for NPR’s iPad app
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
The NPR app, which has been in the top free downloads since the iPad came out, and a companion site optimized for the iPad feature clean design and a careful attention to usability details. Hear more about the prototyping process with NPR’s Paulo Lopez and David Wright Jr.
Two European upstarts are making a mark
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
A duo of young publications, Público and IL, made a big splash at the Malofiej competition this year. Both publications rely heavily on visual storytelling and deploy a broad set of tools to communicate information, including bold information graphics. We caught up with two of their visual leaders. (en Español)
