Grids: The Official SPD Blog

CS4 Video Tutorial Site

Adobe released CS4 this week and their how-to magazine site, Layersmagazine.com, also launched the Adobe Creative Suite 4 Learning Center with forty video tutorials. … MORE

PAPER TO PIXELS: Who is Khoi Vinh?

Some would argue that no medium will be affected more by the internet than newspapers.
We've tracked down the man responsible for bringing one of the largest newspapers in the world online.

Khoi Vinh is the Design Director for NYTimes.com, where he leads the design group in user experience innovation. He and his team are responsible for the creative design of new online features, functionality and content for the industry-leading news site.
MORE
PAPER TO PIXELS: Ask the Panel

PAPER TO PIXELS: Ask the Panel

Our panel discussion Paper To Pixels is rapidly approaching on Tuesday, October 7th, at F.I.T. So we thought we'd introduce you to the panel... and collect your questions for them to discuss at the event.

Starting tomorrow and throughout next week we'll post a bio of each panelist, pose a preview question to them and then open the floor to you!

First up tomorrow, Khoi Vinh, Design Director of NYtimes.com.

Stay tuned!
For more info on Paper to Pixels and to reserve seating, click here.
Hope to see you at the event!
Office Inspiration

Office Inspiration

What do you tack up to keep the juices flowing? … MORE
New York Leads with Six Nominations in ASME Cover Contest

New York Leads with Six Nominations in ASME Cover Contest

The finalists for the 2008 ASME Cover Contest were announced today.

New York leads all nominees with 6 nods, including one for Cover of the Year (above), with the newly revamped Interview and The New Yorker, which received 4 total nominations. WIRED received three nominations, followed by The New York Times Magazine, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Texas Monthly, TIME, and Vanity Fair, all with 2 nominations apiece.

See all of the winners here.

Under Pressure

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... MORE

Photos from the CITY

It's been some time since SPD requested mounted boards as part of the Annual submissions package, but views of the new book out from CITY magazine, "CITY: A Photography Retrospective, Vol. 1" brought some nostalgia for the days when we... MORE