TAKEAWAY: SND’s competition is over, but now the search is on for a cover design that will be used for the book with all the winning entries; at U of Missouri, the Student Society of News Design contest gets underway.
For the creative types out there who would like to see their work profiled in one of the most seen design books anywhere, the SND¹s Annual Best of News Design, here is a chance to design the cover! Can’t think of a better portfolio piece.
If interested, follow these guidelines:
—Submit your cover design by March 21. SND will post the entrants and give members a chance to vote on their favorite. The winning design will grace the cover of SND33.
Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, March 21
—File size and specs: 9-inches wide x 12-inches tall. .25-inch bleed. 350 dpi. JPG, TIFF, or PDF file. Full color.
—Designs must include the book¹s name, ‘The
Best of News Design’ and the edition number 33. It is suggested the concept represents the book¹s content: The best newspaper, magazine and Web news design from around the world.
—How to submit: Send entries to SND Executive Director Stephen Komives at skomives@snd.org. Be sure to include your name, publication or other affiliation, if applicable; job title, full business address, phone number and preferred e-mail address. All submissions will be acknowledged.
Student SND contest gets underway
Sarah Morris, graphics editor of The Columbian, at the University of Missouri, writes us about the upcoming SSND contest. Entries are due April 9th, and the first entry is free.
Sara tells me that this year the contest has added a couple of categories, including infographics portfolio of the year and multimedia/digital designer of the year.
“Winners of the multimedia/digital designer of the year and print designer of the year receive $750 toward attending the SND annual workshop in Cleveland, courtesy of the SND Foundation,” Sarah says.
The rules and categories are here: http://ssnd.missouri.edu/contest.php
2011 winners are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssnd/sets/72157626402751875/
Of interest today
Keighley announces Final Hours of Mass Effect 3
Highlights:
Keighley apparently had “unprecedented access to document the creation” of the Mass Effect series at BioWare’s Edmonton studios.
The project will presumably be released as an app-style Book for iOS and Kindle, as was his previous offering, The Final Hours of Portal 2.
GameTrailers host Geoff Keighley’s confirmed that his next personal project will be The Final Hours of Mass Effect 3.
My take:
Again, our good friend Joe Zeff will be involved, and he promises that this time it will be even better. Well, Joe, we look forward to it. Hard to top that first effort on The Final Hours 2, which we continue to use in app design workshops worldwide as an example of storytelling at its best for the medium of the tablet. Anyone seriously interested in how to enhance stories and use the tablet’s potential to its fullest must see The Final Hours 2. It will for sure be included as one of the examples in my upcoming digital book about storytelling for the iPad.
Our previous blog posts on The Final Hours 2:
The iPad Lab: Storytelling and the documentary app
https://www.garciamedia.com/blog/articles/the_ipadlab_storytelling_and_the_documentary_app
The iPad Lab: Dreaming of that 5.0 News iPad app version
https://garciamedia.com/blog/articles/the_ipadlab_dreaming_of_that_5.0_news_ipad_app_version/
Physical products decline as consumers move to downloads
http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2012-03-12/printed-products-decline
Highlight:
Technological revolutions don’t happen overnight. But there is something profound and lasting happening in the UK public’s consumption of media and it involves buying fewer and fewer physical goods.
IDC raises 2012 forecast for tablet computers
http://techland.time.com/2012/03/13/idc-raises-2012-forecast-for-tablet-computers/
First paragraph:
Research group IDC increased its forecast for tablet computer shipments this year after 2011 ended stronger than it had anticipated.
IDC said Tuesday that it now expects worldwide shipments of 106 million in 2012, up from the previous forecast of nearly 88 million. The new figure represents 54 percent growth from nearly 69 million shipments in 2011.
San Jose planning free downtown Wi-Fi
network, set for debut later this year
http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/13/2866651/san-jose-planning-free-downtown-wi-fi-network-set-for-debut-later
First paragraph:
Despite having an earlier effort collapse in 2008, the city of San Jose, California is planning to purchase and deploy a new 802.11n Wi-Fi network in its downtown area. Coming in at a set-up cost of approximately $94,000, the network will depart from the city’s prior ad-supported attempt, and will instead be a simple, open network for citizens to join without the need for passwords or splash screens.