Now What?
SPD Magazine Design Conference 2003 :

The world's only conference devoted to magazine design is happening in New York.

Dates :

Thursday - Sunday 15 - 18 May 2003

SPD Awards Gala Friday 16 May 2003

Venue :

Ritz Carlton Hotel
Battery Park
New York

The venue is the new Ritz Carlton hotel in Battery Park, right at the base of Manhattan with a view of the Statue of Liberty. If you are coming from out of town, SPD has reserved a room for you at this five-star hotel -- with a 40% discount. Call 1-800-241-3333 for reservations, and mention SPD for this special rate.

Registration :

Register before March 31 to save $100 off the standard registration. Details are on the Society of Publication Designers web site: http://www.spd.org

The Conference :

Already more than 200 of the most interesting designers in the field have signed up, as speakers, workshop leaders and as participants for . . . the Magazine Design Conference. You know them. The art directors of Details, The New York Times Magazine and Vanity Fair, to name a few.

Four of the dozens of presentations that will be posted on the site:

Time Inc: The Survivors

Steve Hoffman (Sports Illustrated) and Arthur Hochstein (Time).

Avant Garde Magazines of the 20th Century

Steve Heller (The New York Times)

What now?

Neville Brody . . . and David Carson

The DNA of Magazines

Fred Woodard (GQ)

And there is more: Presentations of type and photography by the art directors of Vibe, Real Simple, Dwell, Interview and many others. Extraordinary live workshops on type design (Jonathan Hoefler), illustration (Jim McMullen) and logo design (Jim Parkinson). Plus Russell Brown -- and some of his colleagues from Adobe -- on the tricks and traps of Photoshop, InDesign and InCopy. There'll be business and career seminars, exhibits, free type books, a scholarly design tour of Manhattan, visits to famous magazines and the studios of our best-known practitioners.

And maybe the best part: innumerable chances to meet and talk to peers, heroes, and a few you might even be a bit jealous of. In the relaxed setting of this fine hotel: buffet breakfasts, hour-long coffee breaks, informal lunches (all included in the conference price). Then, lavish cocktail receptions at cool New York spots, culminating in a boat ride to historic Ellis Island for the annual SPD Awards Gala, Friday, May 16, 2003.

Already the designers who have registered form a list just as impressive as the speakers. This is destined to be the most memorable weekend that I can remember. It's going to be a two-way conference, an intimate social event in an elegant setting. As a result there is a limit to the number of participants we can invite. At the rate we are going, the registration will be closed in early April.

Sponsorship :

Adobe Systems

More Info :

Society of Publication Designers

E : SPDinfo@spd.org
W : http://www.spd.org/
W : http://www.spd.org/calendar/SPDMDC/registration.html