I’ll be judging a number of magazine design categories in this year’s Folio: Eddies & Ozzies competition. The awards recognize both editorial and design work in a broad range of publications, including consumer, B2B, trade, and more (as well as digital). I’m happy to be doing all print magazine categories. It’s a great way to […]
The Society of Publication Designers is celebrating their 50th anniversary with an impressive series of speakers events. First up is For the Love of Entertainment Weekly, a gathering of every design director in the magazine’s 25-year history (with a special tribute to late DD Amid Capeci). Included in the panel discussion will be Michael Grossman, […]
The Friends of Bob Newman are holding a benefit party and celebration for me and my family on May 29 at the Society of Illustrators in New York City. The party will help raise funds to defray the cost of medical bills and living expenses in the wake of my serious accident last year. There […]
The Friends of Bob Newman have organized an online auction to benefit me and my family. The auction will raise funds to help defray medical bills and living expenses after my serious accident last year. Organized by Danny Hellman, Jill Armus, Jesse Marinoff Reyes, Florian Bachleda, and Anelle Miller, the auction features artwork from over […]
I’ve been selected to be a judge for the International Regional Magazine Association annual awards. IRMA is an organization of regional magazines founded in 1960 by Down East and Vermont Life magazines. The judging will be held in June and July, and awards presented at IRMA’s annual conference in October in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
I’m going to be a judge this year for the Ippies Awards. The Ippies are sponsored by the Center for Community and Ethnic Media at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. They “honor reporting in English and other languages other than English by the ethnic and community press.” Judging is in early May, and I’ll […]
I’m guest editing all this week (April 28-May 2) at the very cool Illustration Age website, the great venue for illustration work of all kinds. Each day we’ll be showcasing a different magazine that uses illustration as a major component of their design and content. The five magazines that we’ve picked: Eight by Eight, Anorak, […]
I’ll be presenting the Magazine of the Year award at the 49th Annual Society of Publication Designers Awards Gala on May 2 in New York City. The five finalists are Achtung, Bon Appetit, New York, The New York Times Magazine, and Wired. The event is being held at the new 4 World Trade Center building […]
The Life Elsewhere radio show on WMNF Tampa will feature a segment devoted to the collection of 101 Kick-Ass Music Magazine Covers that I curated for Adweek. Host Norman B and I will be discussing the highs (and lows) of the covers, plus lots of fun musical and magazine trivia. It should be a great […]
The judging for the National Magazine Awards, sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors, will be held March 12-13 in New York City. The awards “honor print and digital publications that consistently demonstrate superior execution of editorial objectives, innovative techniques, noteworthy journalistic enterprise and imaginative art direction.” Robert Newman will be judging one of […]
