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Aug. 19th Opinion pages: gravitas does not mean boring

TAKEAWAY: Today’s Pure Design download is all about the design of opinion/commentary pages, which can be among the best possibilities for creativity and innovation.

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Aug. 18th The Hindu’s website gets a rethinking

TAKEAWAY: Users have identified the new features and like what they see as they navigate through The Hindu’s newsly redesigned website. PLUS: Pure Design download, all about those classified pages.

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Aug. 18th Experimenting with ads: the time was never more appropriate

TAKEAWAY:  We update our Pure Design fable on ad experimentation.  Much has happened since 2002 in this area, and I am happy to report progress.

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Aug. 17th In Nigeria: a new daily is born today

TAKEAWAY: Finally, Next, Nigeria’s newest daily newspaper is published today after more than a year in the makings.  We are proud to be a part of it: read all about it.
PLUS: Pure Deisgn download: all about promos, selling those stories on Page One

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Aug. 16th Sunday update: Pure Design and Shapes of Information

TAKEAWAY: Some basic structures help clarify what story goes with what photo or illustration. Pure Design download today shows you the way. AND: Jacky’s Sunday Reads takes us through the best of today’s Bild Am Sonntag  PLUS: The New York Times and the business of wine—the days of wine and print are here

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Aug. 13th Blogs and the journalist: unpolished prose never felt better

TAKEAWAY: Let that blog reveal the informal, but informed, you. Tips for the new blogger, formerly known as a journalist.
ALSO: Multimedia literacy and today’s newsrooms PLUS: Pure Design download: How the eyes move on the screen

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Aug. 12th How the eye moves on the page—-or screen

TAKEAWAY: A lot of what we do is about creativity: reacting to the content, the photo and always the moment.  However, may of the decisions we make as designers is based on research, as in the way eyes land on a page or screen. Today’s Pure Design download is about how eyes move on a page, and what we know about it.

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Aug. 11th Tea kettles and newspapers: the quest to be different

TAKEAWAY: When a writer sets out to find the best tea kettles she runs into hot water with the designers’ attempts to create the next big tea kettle.  In our search to design the next big whatever, we often abandon functionality. PLUS: Pure Design download: indexing AND: In the UAE, the mega graphics still thrive on pages of newspapers here

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Aug. 10th A tale of three stories you should not miss

TAKEAWAY:  Three fabulous reads in one day of The New York Times: I hope that our enthusiasm for these three pieces will be shared by you all. One piece made me realize that I, too, am addicted to my digital surroundings; another one provoked me to look into “that pouch on the cover of the magazine”, and the third one put a big smile on my face—newspaper and profit in the same sentence. Is it “Worryless in Seattle”? PLUS: Pure Design download #26: Visual Parallelism

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Aug. 10th Monday Musings from here and there: people in the news

TAKEAWAY: Reporting from Dubai this week: who said Europe had hot temperatures?  ALSO:  Sharon Stone at 50 and the cover of Paris Match, plus tidbits from here and there PLUS: Pure Design download #25: Content rhythm

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Aug. 8th All about FF Dagny: Evolution of a newspaper type font

TAKEAWAY: Swedish type designer, Örjan Nordling , joins us for a conversation about his creation, FF Dagny, a font that was inspired by work Nordling did with the Swedish daily, Dagens Nyheter.  ALSO: Nigeria’s Next on Sunday pages: after the workshop AND:Pure Design download: Systematic Chaos   PLUS: Download now entire Pure Design section on Type  IT’S SUNDAY: Take a look at Jacky’s pick of the best of Bild Am Sonntag

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Aug. 7th In Australia, The Age remembers a tragic day

TAKEAWAY: Melbourne’s The Age today publishes a 12-page (broadsheet) lift-out, marking six months since the horrific Black Saturday fires that killed 173 people last summer. Shows what can be done through team work. PLUS: Pure Design’s installment—Page Architecture

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Aug. 6th Looking for that “invisible” story

TAKEAWAY: If you are a print editor, you must watch how the story evolves carefully, follow its trajectory in the digital media, then look for that invisible angle to play up in the printed edition.  The trip of President Clinton to North Korea, to rescue two American journalists, presents a good case for discussion PLUS: Pure Design: how to handle “finger reading” type of information.

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Aug. 5th Wake up to the newspaper of your choice—-on the wall.

TAKEAWAY: We are always fascinated by newspaper of the future concepts. Business Week sponsored an innovative design Idea 2009 contest, and this newspaper is a little off the wall. Take a look. PLUS: Pure Design: Drop caps: Help or hindrance?

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Aug. 3rd Subheads: the ultimate navigator tool in your text

TEXTBOOK: Subheads were probably the first of the navigational tools used by newspapers and magazines.  Those little two or three word mini heads that break up masses of text have been around since newspapers began using them in the 1930s. Today, their role has never been more essential. Pure Design download gives you tips on subhead use.  ALSO: We show you a rare Frida Kahlo photo from her adolescent years.

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