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Third, The Washington Post publishes a daily special convention edition for distribution in Tampa at the Republican National Convention. It will do the same next week when the Democrats stage their convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.

“The Post has been producing a Republican Convention edition that is delivered to hotels and the convention center in Tampa (where the convention concluded Thursday night). The content is a repackaged, condensed version of the daily Washington Post with a heavy focus on the RNC. There are two sections—main news and Style—that total 24 pages. We print about 10,000 copies of the paper and it’s available for free. We will do the same next week for Charlotte, ” says Jon Wile, senior news designer.

Freelance designer and formerly of the Post, Tim Ball, along with news designer Mike Plunkett , design the editions every night, with the help of news editor Ed Thiede. Deadline for us to send the pages is 1130. The Tampa Tribunehas printed and delivered the papers.

And, says Jon, “On top of all this, we produced an 8-page preview section in print and 5 pages of daily coverage. Online we created The Grid, which feeds in content from Instagram, Twitter, politics blogs, live blogs and more.

The team will turn around and do the same for the Democratic National Convention, to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Check it out for the DNC next week at
www.washingtonpost.com/grid.

Of special interest this weekend

Signage redesign at the Vienna International Airport
http://www.tntypography.com/blog/?p=535

Highlight:

For the new signage a custom version of Peter Bi?ak’s Fedra Sans was used throughout.

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Assorted screens from the book: top, chapter openers all of which are color coded and carry illustrations by Luis Vazquez, of the Gulf News of Dubai; second image, opener of Storytelling chapter, and two inside screens.

As we get closer to publication date for The iPad Lab: Storytelling in the Age of the Tablet, we are now set up so that you can give us your email address and you will automatically be informed when the book is ready for download.

I admit it is an exciting time for us at Garcia Media and for me personally, as my first digital, interactive book, The iPad Design Lab: Storytelling in the Age of the Tablet, gets much closer to publication.

Now you can leave your email address so that you will be updated and informed the moment the book is read for download.

As I review this final version of the book—-is it ever final, especially with a digital book that can be easily updated?—-I am happy with what I see, the result of 8 months of hard work, assisted by my very able co pilot Reed Reibstein, who has edited and art directed the book.

The book’s audience is anyone with an interest in tablets—-including people NOT directly involved in the media but who use the iPad and would like to know more about the thinking that goes behind getting stories, features and visuals into the new platform.

The premise of this book is that the emphasis should be on storytelling. But we know that most of the news apps today emerge from the content that is published in their sister print publications. My book aims at describing how this content can be adapted especially for the tablet, where multi sensory, interactive experiences are possible.

As such, the book is ideal for practitioners of our craft at every level, from reporters, designers and editors, to publishers and managers. At the same time, the book is especially crafted to be a college textbook and companion in any number of university courses, from writing/editing to design and even business courses.

I hope you share our excitement. I urge you to leave us your email address so that you can be kept updated about publication date: