DISPATCHES FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLIES One bonus of attending a journalism convention is you get to see a ton of samples of fresh papers in one fell swoop. No reader ever sees newspapers this way, but it gives me a chance to think in fresh ways about why and how we do what [...]
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Table of Contents pages: WHY?
Posted by Ron Reason on July 16, 2010
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2010/07/16/table-of-contents-pages-why/
Creative Loafing relaunch, Issue 2 highlights
. [ATLANTA] The second issue of a relaunch always brings tweaks and adjustments, and a creative energy that often the heat of launch week might not allow. Such is the case with the new look for alt weekly Creative Loafing. Here are a couple of section openers that really caught my eye. . . They [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on June 23, 2010
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2010/06/23/creative-loafing-relaunch-issue-2-highlights/
Appearing soon @ AAN in Toronto, SND Denver
Just confirmed: headed to Toronto mid-July to speak at the annual convention of the Association of Alternative Weeklies. Following is a draft of the session, tentatively slated for Friday afternoon, July 17: Topic: “Redesigning? Don’t just aspire. ATTACK.” Gone are the days when redesign meant new fonts, maybe a new logo, perhaps moving things around [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on June 17, 2010
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2010/06/17/appearing-soon-aan-in-toronto-snd-denver/
Relaunch: the time to ask, ‘Why not? What if?’
A few utterances from my presentation for the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies here in Toronto: “Does your paper look like a lecture or a conversation? A press release, or a party?” “Why just redesign? Rethink. Revisit. Reinvent. Not just the look, but what you do, who you serve, and how.” “Why is it that Taquitos [...]
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2010/07/17/more-aan-food-for-thought/