Roger Black on Ready-Media, templates and the future of design
When Roger Black and Eduardo Danilo launched Ready-Media this week—the template service for newspapers, magazines and, eventually, the Web—the announcement sent distress signals through the design community. SND talks with Black about what he had in mind when creating Ready-Media.
Northwestern’s Sisi Wei named SND Foundation Scholarship winner
A panel of seven SND leaders selected Wei for the $2,000 award based on her thoughtful answers to two essay questions, the quality of her portfolio, her professor’s recommendation and her strong grade point average.
Should news and views be separated?
A REVIEW OF THE INDEPENDENT’S NEW APPROACH
Dividing a publication into ”news” and ”views” to send a clear signal to the reader is definitely an appealing idea. Unfortunately, the reality of the scheme has proven difficult for The Independent’s and editor-in-chief Simon Kelner.