Wow!
I was lucky enough recently to attend the Society of Newspaper Designers annual conference and awards dinner in Boston. Not being of the industry but having had spent many years being a more than active reader [more like pursuer] of good magazine and newspaper design, this was a chance in a million to meet some of the people that have given me great pleasure and inspiration over the last few years. Besides which, much of my research is driven by what these guys are doing and how they are driving the intersection of news design and digital information.
There were many highlights over the weekend of which Mark Porter creative director of the Guardian was possibly the stand out for me personally. You also couldn’t get a more different approach to work and presentation than that of Mark on the saturday morning session and Chip Kidd on the friday morning session – but that’s another story.
For me some of the highlights that also stood out were those of whom I had had little knowledge or exposure to. Possibly one of the most visually inspiring was that of Scott Minister and Vince Chiaramonte. Although I had know of their stuff via www.newspagedesigner.com I was even more impressed with the marriage of the love of sports with that of design. Up until then I thought the two were bedfellows that wouldn’t be be sharing a douvet. However it was Scott’s (and others) emphasis on just how important to the design process the love of sport was to his work that I became even more inspired. Now to many people this isn’t new, and for some this may be downright boring, but I took much inspiration from these presentations, which you can download Scott’s here, and download Vince’s here.
Some inspiration from these two.
Scott Minister, the Columbus Dispatch
And Vince Chiaramonte, The Buffalo News
