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Sep. 12th Newspaper thieves prefer broadsheets

TAKEAWAY: Who says the compact format is the ultimate preferred page size for all newspaper readers?  While the impact of the compact is something to be taken seriously, we now know that a segment of the reading public still longs to run away with a good old broadsheet in their hands.

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Sep. 11th Designing with text type

TAKEAWAY: How much experimentation can we carried out using text type to form shapes? Mint sample says it can be done, with care PLUS: The newspaper as camouflage? AND: Pure Design download: Color in Headlines

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Sep. 10th Color: what research tells us

TAKEAWAY: We continue to discuss color, using Pure Design download as a springboard.  The key: Readers do like color PLUS: Ads that take over Page One are back

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Sep. 9th It’s 9-9-09 and the new Metro opens in Dubai: see it run through the Gulf News

TAKEAWAY: Finally, the new Dubai Metro premiered today.  The Gulf News has the new, shiny train running right through every page of its edition today. Take a look.  ALSO: Lots of Color in our Pure Design download

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Sep. 9th Rules for effective color use: some things never change

TAKEAWAY: Our Pure Design download today is all about color. Use color wisely. Give color a meaning. Don’t “decorate” the page with color. More here today.

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Sep. 8th Reflections of a summer intern about state of the industry

TAKEAWAY: Reed Reibstein (Yale University ‘11) has completed his second summer internship with Garcia Media.  I have asked him to summarize his experience and offer us a young perspective on how he sees the state of the media, circa fall 2009.

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Sep. 7th The Yale Daily News: one year later strong design prevails

TAKEAWAY:  Students and faculty have returned to the Yale University campus. The Class of 2013 has arrived.  The Yale Daily News, oldest college daily, performs its annual ritual of offering orientation to everyone arriving for the new academic year.  We revisit the YDN one year after it went through a redesign. ALSO: Pure Design download of The Wall Street Journal, a case study. What has changed?

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Sep. 5th The newspaper of 2020 and beyond: see Pure Design download

TAKEAWAY: The newspaper of 2020? Well, some of us gave that a try during one of those “newspaper of the future” exercises in 1999. How does my model fare in ten years later? See the Pure Design download today for publications of the future. SUNDAY UPDATES: Jacky, the cute Luxemburger pooch, makes his Bild Am Sonntag picks of the day.

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Sep. 3rd Postcard from Bogotá: the ADN phenomenon

TAKEAWAY: It is a new and improved city of Bogotá—-cleaner, safer,greener, with the new Transmilenio mass transportation system and soon new Metro.  In addition, the commuters have 10 newspapers to choose from as they make their way to work each day. PLUS: Pure Design download: The look of South America

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Sep. 2nd Asian newspapers: design thrives, new titles emerge

TAKEAWAY: If there is a part of the world where newspapers seem to be vibrantly alive, it is in Asia. Particularly in India and Thailand, new titles have emerged, and readers seem to cling to their printed newspapers with a zest that is rarely seen elsewhere.  Pure Design’s download is all about the look of Asian newspapers. PLUS: Some front pages we like today.

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Aug. 31st Tuesday Type Talk; best of European newspaper design

TAKEAWAY: It is Tuesday and our topic today is typography. Have some fun with these links. PLUS: Pure Design download: the look of newspapers in Europe AND: Steve Foley, of The Age , Melbourne,Australia, chimes in on the state of US newspapers as models to be imitated.

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Aug. 31st The ingredients of the “model” newspaper of today

TAKEAWAY: When I wrote this chapter of Pure Design in 2002, I mentioned that North American newspapers were the ones that many editors from around the world turn to for models of what to be, how to look. How true is that statement in 2009?

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Aug. 29th This Sunday: Mario on Tyler Brulé‘s Monocle Radio; also, volume and design

TAKEAWAY: Joining Tyler Brulé‘s Monocle Radio show this Sunday for a discussion of the future of journalism. Also appearing Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Alex Jones. Show airs Sunday, at 12:00 CET ALSO: Pure Design download: all about volume on a page or screen PLUS: Jacky’s Sunday picks from Bild Am Sonntag

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Aug. 28th Monocle Radio: I join Tyler Brulé and Alex Jones

TAKEAWAY: Joining Tyler Brulé‘s Monocle Radio show this Sunday for a discussion of the future of journalism. Also appearing Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Alex Jones. Show airs Sunday, at 12:00 CET

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Aug. 27th The subject is navigation: make it #1 on your list

TAKEAWAY: Today’s Pure Design download is all about how to navigate the reader better through a newspaper or magazine.  AND: Magazine covers and Sen. Edward Kennedy: from the Robert Newman collection

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