THIS IS THE WEEKEND EDITION OF THEMARIOBLOG AND WILL BE UPDATED AS NEEDED. THE NEXT BLOG POST IS MONDAY, APRIL 13.
The type of question that we often wonder about. I must read the piece.
Just what a theater lover in NYC can’t live without, courtesy of The New York Times. Sign me up pronto.
To quote or not to quote, Fewer are better?
A new font from one of our very favorite type designers, the legendary Jim Parkinson; take a peek at Sutro Deluxe
Oh, nothing like getting your name mentioned in The New York Times.
We are not surprised: local papers need to build their digital following. Sooner rather than later.
At WaPo: prove that today’s world is all about synergies, team efforts, not working in a silo
The cult of dressing down and the rich and powerful (and famous).
Recharge that battery in a minute? When can we get this?
This new driverless car looks like a turtle–that’s enough to sell me as I love turtles and collect them, too.
The richness of insomnia
Leave it to those Castro Cubans: at the Panama Summit, calling dissidents Mercenaries. Well, at least here they enjoy the freedom to express themselves that dissidents would not have in Cuba.
We like anything Die Zeit (Germany) does. These magazine covers are among the best.
Readers/Users go for the images first, we knew that since the 1980s via the Poynter Institute EyeTrack Research. Still so true today.
We like two of these Axel Springer strategies best: 2. Accelerate, incubate—and find some way to internally innovate. 3. Greatly reduce dependency on print as a source of earnings.
New multimedia story from The Sydney Morning Herald– http://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2015/story-of-gallipoli/
President Obama is more popular among Cubans than the Castro Brothers. Best news of the day!
Headlne from Spanish newspaper, circa 1933, would be perfect for the smart watch in 2015. Head tells the complete story: The Gypsy with the Black Eyes. He would hypnotize bank tellers so that they would give him more money. During the trial he declares that he simply limited himself to receive whatever money the cashier gave him.
The very talented and clever Andrew DeVigal: multimedia projects are team efforts. How true!
The magazine as paper sculpture. WorkWerk magazine, an ongoing personal project by local creative director Theseus Chan. Nice and unique.
Conclusion to one of the saddest, darkest days in American history. The Boston Bombing guilty verdict and how media outlets covered news break.
Help the SND Foundation this weekend
For the past few weeks, I have been rehearsing a series of songs, a tribute to the late Desi Arnaz, who together with his wife Lucille Ball, starred in the iconic sitcom I Love Lucy.
Desi played Ricky Ricardo, a band leader and singer at the fictitious Tropicana Night Club in the New York City of the 1950s.
So, channeling Desi (Ricky), and with the help of a talented pianist, Rick Unterberg, I have filmed a short musical video in which we tell a story and sing three of Desi’s best known songs. Obviously, this is all for fun and to get as many of you to contribute to the SND Foundation and its good deeds. Don’t contribute based on my musical talent, please. I have been posting various videos of rehearsals, etc. Remember this is to support the ambitions of young future visual journalists.
The full video will premiere at the SND Annual Meeting in Washington, DC this weekend.
http://www.snd.org/foundation/.
Counting on you.
Kick off of new Rio Negro project in Argentina
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This week I have been in Argentina, together with our Garcia Media Latinoamerica team of senior art directors Rodrigo Fino and Paula Ripoll to kick off the start of our Diario de Rio Negro project. It will involve a total rethink/redesign across the platforms.
Rio Negro is the market leader in the beautiful Patagonia region in the south of Argentina, where it has been a daily presence since 1912.
Of interest: WaPo and SND Awards
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/design/awards/2014/