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President Anders Tapola Smålandsposten, S-351 70 Växjö, Sweden Tel.: +46 470 770 686 E-mail: anders.tapola@smp.se

Secretary Sissel Bigset Sunnmørsposten, Boks 123, sentrum, N-6001 Ålesund, Norway Tel.: +47 70 12 00 00 E-mail: sissel.bigset@smp.no

Web-editor Kartin Hansen Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten Grøndalsvej 3, DK-8260 Viby J, Denmark Tel.: +45 87 38 38 38 / 31 07 Fax: +45 87 38 31 99 E-mail: kartin.hansen@jp.dk

Seminars Lars Andersson Upsala Nya Tidning, Box 36, S-751 03 Upsala, Sweden Tel.: +46 18-478 16 79 E-mail: lars.andersson@unt.se FINLAND Communication Petri Salmén Helsingin Sanomat PB 71, FI-00089 Sanoma Helsinki, Finland Tel.: +358 91 22 24 02 Fax: +358 91 22 23 88 E-mail: petri.salmen@hs.fi

DENMARK Vice -President/ Treasurer Frank Stjerne JP/Politikens Hus Rådhuspladsen 37, DK-1785 Copenhagen V, Denmark Tel.: +45 33 47 23 99 Fax: +45 33 14 72 17 E-mail: frank.stjerne@jppol.dk SNDS Secretariat Lone Jürgensen Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten Grøndalsvej 3, DK-8260 Viby J, Denmark Tel.: +45 87 38 38 38 / 31 08 Fax: +45 87 38 31 99 E-mail: lone.jurgensen@jp.dk

BEST OF SCANDINAVIAN NEWS DESIGN Chairman of the Competition Committee Flemming Hvidtfeldt Århus Stiftstidende Banegårdspladsen 11, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark Tel.: +45 20 91 17 52 E-mail: flhv@stiften.dk

SUBSTITUTES FOR THE BOARD Jørn Broch, JydskeVestkysten, Denmark Pieta Forssell-Nieminen, Keskisuomalainen, Finland Kristoffer Nilsen, Morgenbladet, Norway Petra Villani, Sydsvenskan, Sweden

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Your best SNDS moment » What was your best PORN moment?«

Cristobal Edwards actually asked Sami Valtere this on stage when he, Sami, received the 2011 Best of Show Award for a magazine article about – pornography. Of course, Sami wouldn’t answer this rather indescreet question – but he must have had a pretty good idea about the subject, being able to design those delicate pages for Helsingin Sanomat. Or maybe he just couldn’t remember. It can be diﬃcult to pinpoint the exact moment when everything falls into place and you reach your climax – the ﬁnished design, the bright idea, the splendid advice from a speaker, or the fruitful talk with colleagues in the hallway of a conference hotel. These are some of the moments you can take home with you from attending the annual SNDS seminar. And you never know which moments you will remember 5 or 10 years later. The most physical (although not in any way pornographic) memory I have from an SNDS seminar dates back to 2003, in Stavanger. David Kinsella, a photographer from Northern Ireland, had swopped his still camera for a primitive video gear and showed two early examples of his documentaries from Russia. His interviews with young murderers in a children’s prison were

extraordinairy. But it’s the images, and the sound, and almost the smell of the Russian clinics for illegal abortions that have stayed in my memory. Watching those girls being treated to a much much too late abortion almost literally made me sick. Most of us stayed put until the end of the ﬁlm but with cold sweat running down our backs. The theme for that seminar was “The Word”, but it was the images that stayed – and the memory of very intense storytelling.

Other more joyful moments (many!) have also survived. Among them the great performing artists who have entertained between speaker sessions. The Screaming Men’s Choir in Oulu 2009 is an absolute favourite – and Oulu even had the Air Guitar World Champion to kickstart the program! Tampere 2001 was another very memorable event because of the American type designer Chris Anderson who was simply such a funny guy to be with. Furthermore, his work was splendid, visual, and diﬀerent – and after the show we wanted to go to a strip club. Only they wouldn’t let us in – because there was a lady in the group: Chris Anderson had brought his wife along on a honeymoon in Europe (they had married a few days before the seminar). So we had to settle for some good Finnish beer instead.

What do you remember best? The small illustrator Stephanie Grace Lim throwing the big heavy wrestlers around in the wrestling ring in Copenhagen in 2008? The year you received the Award you hadn’t dreamed of? Or the speaker who had you spellbound by his views on news design and visuals – so much that you hired him three weeks later to redesign your own newspaper? If you can’t really remember when, ﬁnd inspiration on our cover and on pages 18-19, where we list ALL the seminars organized by SNDS since 1986. An amazing list it is! Tell us your best SNDS moment. Post it on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/sndscandinavia But before you log back into the world wide web – please enjoy the small and big bites of design we have prepared for you on the following pages. We’re especially proud of having two contributions from our SND friends in far away places: Canada and Dubai! Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. Follow their example: Stay in touch – and mark the dates for the next SNDS seminar, which will be in Copenhagen on September 27-28, 2012. See you there – or maybe sooner! Lars Pryds Lisbeth Tolstrup Editors, SNDS Magazine

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THE BOOK ■ 80 pages, A4 format, colour images of all winning entries in the competition

Give small media houses a chance Børge T. Skovsende 2xbs49r@stofanet.dk ■ The Best of Scandinavian News Design Award 2011 award show in Stockholm was quite a show. For some, very much so – they went home with numerous Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards. And they really deserved their awards. They presented excellent work for both print and online. Helsingin Sanomat and Politiken were the big winners of the major awards. These media companies spend a lot of resources creating pages that the readers simply cannot resist diving into. Other big media companies may also stand out if they would give the same amount of attention to the pre-

sentation of magnificent articles – and if only they would participate in the competition. It’s a different matter for the smaller companies. They do not have the economics for many large projects, but they do want to show what they can achieve on a tight budget. And they do create fine design solutions. However, apparantly they have lost interest in participating in the competition – probably because they win nothing or must settle with the less prestigious Award of Excellence. How do we get them back? How do we make them want to enter in the competition again? Should the competition be divided into two – one for the large media companies, one for the smaller ones? Actually, this may not be the best solution.

Currently, all entries are evaluated by category, and some entries from the smaller companies make it to the final judging round, where they are often discarded. Beaten by entries from the big players. So, should we perhaps split the competition in two after all and spend extra time evaluating and awarding the small companies separately – and then let the small and big Gold Award winners compete for the Best of Show award? Would this make it more attractive to participate? Perhaps. How the regulations for the competition should be, is not up to SNDS and the competition committee alone. The four Scandinavian publishing organizations – who help finance the competition – must also be taken into account. It is really important to find a model for running the competition, so that large as well as small media houses want to participate. It is probably about time to reevaluate the model we created when we took over the competition in the mid-1990ies. ■ Børge T. Skovsende is former chairman of the competition committee (1995-2001).

BAROMETERN – one of the no-sobig newspapers (circulation: 42.300) that won a big award in this year’s competition: A bronze in the category Local pages for these two spreads about immigration.

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Minor changes to the SNDS bylaws

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25th general assembly of SNDS, on the Make a Difference seminar in Stockholm, made some changes to the bylaws that are going to make a clearer focus on both the work of the board and of the program committee behind the seminars. The changes actually reflect the way the board wants to work now. It is very difficult to find media houses willing to host the SNDS seminars, so in the future the seminars will be arranged by program committees with members from all over Scandinavia. Behind the committees will be

the SNDS organization hand in hand with a congress organizer taking care of all the practical issues like organizing venues, hotels and booking. The treasurer of SNDS will be the business

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manager responsible for running the business behind the seminars together with the board. To achieve a higher degree of continuity the treasurer will be elected for a three year term instead of two years. By placing all the practicalities of organizing the seminars in the hands of the business manager and the congress organizer, the board would hopefully be able to focus more on developing SNDS into a bright future with a lot of challenges for the news and media business. –stjerne

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Print or iPad – and cartoons

READ AND UNDERSTAND The same article in two different media. Photo: Miratech

Me draw on iPad

■ We remember text read in print. We skim over articles on an iPad. These are the main results of a recent eye-track test, published by French internet research company Miratech. The people in the test group – which were already iPad users – were asked to read the same article on the iPad as well as in a printed p paper, and the average ave time taken to read re an article on each medium m is very similar. However, H the analysis shows s that the eyes linger longer on the l paper version than on p the iPad, meaning mean people concentrate more when reading a printed newspaper. This increased concentration results in a better retention of printed articles. After reading, only 70 of participants recall an article read on an iPad, compared with 90 for paper, Miratech writes on their website. Miratech test results: kortlink.dk/95yy

■ How much CO2 world famous artist David Hockney emissed when creating the 400+ drawings on his iPhone and iPad remains unknown. But judging from the collection – currently on show in the Danish art museum Louisiana – he had a really great time. Instead of using all the usual filtering effects available in the supplied software, the aging artist builds on his trained eye and his excellent drawing skills to make beautiful paintings in this new medium. The drawings all have a playful character – almost like that of a child who has been given new colour sticks. During the exhibition period, David Hockney has made five of his drawings available to the public – the drawings can be downloaded from different QR codes on the exhibition’s printed material. Exhibition ends August 28. Hockney at Louisiana: kortlink.dk/95z2 Hockneys nye tegnegrej (review): kortlink.dk/95z3

PHOTO: DAVID HOCKNEY/LOUISIANA

Paper vs. iPad #1

Paper vs. iPad #2 a book on the iPad should be more gentle on the environment than reading a physical, printed book, wouldn’t you think? Well, think again. Apple’s iPad, according to the company, has a carbon footprint of 130 kg (carbon equivalent), which is equal to the footprint of a little more than 32 paper books. So reducing the emission of CO2 may not get easier, just because we stop – or reduce – the production of printed material. Which make me think of the increasing number of emails I get which have this in the auto signature: “Stay green – keep it on the screen”. Maybe it is not that easy after all? Will Ebooks Jeopardize the Carbon Reduction Goals of the Book Industry? on TriplePundit: kortlink.dk/95yz

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NEWSPAPER ART Works by Poul Holck (1939-2002), one of Politiken’s finest cartoonists from 1960 until his death in 2002, can now be found in the new online archive at Bladtegnermuseet. Photo: Det Kongelige Bibliotek

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newspaper drawings and cartoons are also world famous. Some more than others of course – need I mention the bomb in the turban? Many of the original drawings in the collection of Bladtegnermuseet (The Museum for Newspaper Drawings) under the Royal Danish Library are now being digitized and made available online. Four collections have been selected for complete registration and will be scanned in full, while the rest will be partly digitized, but registered in the accompanying searchable database. Already, 8.000 drawings have been scanned and published on www.kb.dk, and a total of 45.000 will be digitized from this enormous archive – showing works by more than 200 Danish artists, among them e.g. Bo Bojesen, Des Asmussen and Ib Andersen. Shortly, it will also be possible to buy the drawings online for publication. The registration project: kortlink.dk/95zg Search for drawings: kortlink.dk/95zh –pryds

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A different Stockholm On May 12-13, the Swedish capital was the home of this year’s SNDS seminar. With the title “Make a Diﬀerence”, a long line of speakers, organizers, sponsors, musicians, and – of course – SNDS members did their best to make a diﬀerence for themselves. We asked a handful of seminar participants what their thoughts were afterwards – and for the rest: these photos will do the talking. And these are only a few of what was on the agenda in Stockholm. Enjoy – and see you next year in Copenhagen!

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WELCOME! Tommy Löfgren, communication maganer at SSAB in Stockholm was a competent host for the entire conference. In his selection of yellow t-shirts he annonced speakers, gave important practical information, and interviewed just about everybody who entered the stage. Here he welcomes everybody to the show on Thursday morning at the Sheraton. Photo: Søren S. Nielsen

MMMM … ! No conference is complete without a goody bag. Here are the contents of this yyear’s – Chinese coins for luck, sweets, ball all pens and most important: A discount coupon for or the local bar ’round the corner. Photo: Kim Pedersenn

GOING UP SNDS members in the elevator going all the way to the top of the building at SvD – and they don’t even know yet that champagne awaits them! Photo: Søren S. Nielsen

TThe h Norwegian N 10th-timer Ingrid Meisingseth, Head of design, Adresseavisen, Norway What was the best in Stockholm? The lectures about trends in magazines and solutions for the iPad. The parallel sessions were much too good to be n the program simultaneously. Besides, it is a challenge to ﬁnd speakers who perform well before a large audience. As far as entertainment and award show goes “Make a Diﬀerence” was great. And it’s always good to meet collegues! Did something simply not work? The “Peace and Love” session was not relevant enough for what we work with.

PAINTING IN PLASTIC After the initial keynote speakers, all participants could take part in a workshop conducted by four Swedish artists – grouped by the colours on the registration arm band. The paintings were later put up for sale on the silent auction, which raised 4900 Swedish Kronor – which will go to the SND Scandinavia. The original idea of making a Travel Grant for students was abandoned, because of the few items submitted to the auction. Far left the two Berlingske Blondes from Denmark Lisbeth Frellsen and Susanne Bondrop work together on their canvas; immediate left Alexander Schindler from Klar Tale and SNDS President Anders Tapola are painting, dressed in plastic bags. Photo: Anna Östlund, Lars Pryds

What would you like to hear/ see in next year’s seminar in Copenhagen? How to make good design for print, web and mobile. Trends. The future. How many SNDS seminars (incl. this one) have you attended? I think at least ten seminars!

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THE SKY’S THE LIMIT Goodie bags and champagne and small sandwiches on the roof of Svenska Dagbladet. The guided tour at SvD was a very pleasant experience for those who were there – and the view was magnificent, too. Photo: Staffan Løwstedt

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MOVIE STAR Ole Munk spoke about Ribergaard & Munk’s work for Swedish Hallpressen, which is redesigning all its publications and introducing new titles. The design project is a study of typographical diversity as two typeface families (one of them Greta, named after the Swedish film icon Greta Garbo) have been chosen for all the papers. Ole’s presentation can be downloaded at kortlink.dk/93v3 Photo: Lars Pryds

FACTS AND REALITY Staffan Hultén (right) and Eric Wilberg gave us a glimpse of the huge amount of data they collect for their customers at RAM (Research and Analysis of Media), and how the data can be used to get an idea of how readers engage with the media they consume. Knowing what our readers really want can make the difference between success and failure – and RAM have access to the data in one of the world’s largest databases about just that. Photo: Lars Pryds

COLOURS People’s personlaities have different colours, said consultant Torbjörn W. Larsson. In the light from his own slides, Torbjörn’s whole appearance and personality took on an interesting and intense colour. Photo: Lars Pryds

The Danish Speaker Ole Munk, graphic designer/ owner, Ribergård & Munk Graphic Design What was the best in Stockholm? The awards show was very entertaining. Even though I think that the smaller newspapers deserve more awards, it should not just be a party for the big ones. Did something simply not work? The painting workshop was a nice idea but it would have been more interesting – and more fun – if we had been given a clear assignment. ”Make a diﬀerence” is not exact enough.

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD Mattias Göransson, editor-in-chief at Filter magazine, explains how to succesfully get the readers’ attention AND keep them interested – even when the articles are 40.000 characters or longer. One of the tricks is to save the best for last, but serving small chunks of ”goodies” along the way. Photo: Søren S. Nielsen

How many SNDS seminars (incl. this one) have you attended? A lot! I guess I must be considered an SNDS veteran. Attended my ﬁrst seminar in 1987 and if I am not mistaken, Stockholm was number 18.

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INNOVATIVE Too few people sat in on the presentation by CEO and Editor-in-Chief Lisbeth Knudsen of Berlingske Media/Mecom. But those who did got a visionary look at how a large media company is using focused innovation strategies to make the change from the old newspaper business into a ”media content provider and consumer business”, where the content in no longer king, but deeply dependant on relevance and convenience for the customer – previously known as the reader. Photo: Lars Pryds

What would you like to hear/ see in next year’s seminar in Copenhagen? I think we need a more qualiﬁed debate on what is good design for a news website. Far too much web design seems to be based on personal beliefs and taste, not on actual knowledge about what is user-friendly.

SIT Time to find your seats, please – in the ”Drottningholm” room the tabkles are set for a great evening. Photo: Lars Pryds.

JOY Tuija Kivimäki from Helsingin Sanomat attended her first SNDS seminar – and could celebrate taking home one of the major awards: the AHA Prize for a spread showing the exact size of the lift used to hoist the Chilean miners from the closed mine. ”Effective communication,” said the jury. The hosts for the award show, Ingrid Lohne and Cristobal Edwards, celebrate with her. Photo: Anna Östlund.

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AHA The three winners of the AHA awards – Søren Nyeland from Politiken, Tuija Kivimäki from Helsingin Sanomat, and Björn Hellström from Sysvenskan together on stage after receiving their diplomas. Photo: Anna Östlund.

THE BEST Sami Valtere from Helsingin Sanomat had a great evening. Gold in Design, gold in Redesign, gold and silver in Magazines, two silver awards in Visual Communication, silver in Open class – and to top it all: BEST OF SHOW for the PORN article in the magazine category. No wonder he looks a bit overwhelmed – but at the same time very proud. Photo: Anna Östlund.

GIRL POWER From ”50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” and ”Life on Mars” to u2’s ”Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”. The two girls and a cello – Lise & Gertrud – simply had the audience spellbound on the night of the award show. With humor, self irony and extremely competent musicality they kept the evening fresh, in between the first course, the main course and the dessert. Photo: Lars Pryds

The Finnish AHA Winner Tuija Kivimäki, news graphic designer, Helsingin Sanomat What was the best in Stockholm? Meeting colleagues. Did something simply not work? No, no problems, really … What would you like to hear/ see in next year’s seminar in Copenhagen? Infographics. How many SNDS seminars (incl. this one) have you attended? This was my ﬁrst one.

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ON PARADE Svenska Dagbladet was one of the big winners in this year’s competition. Here are the peoople from the newspaper’s info graphics team – from left to right: head of design Anci Holm, graphic artists Kalle Källström, Alexander Raucher, Jenny Alvén, Thomas Molén, and reporter Jenny Leonardz, who researched the facts for the winning graphicss about the Swedish royal oyal wedding. Photo: Staffffan Löwstedt

Thh D The Danish Designer Susanne Bondrop, graphic designer, Berlingske, Denmark What was the best in Stockholm? The best was the rock show with Ellinor Asp and her band – a great surprise! By God, could they rock and roll! In the more serious department I liked Ole Munk’s presentation “A tale of two typefaces”, which showed us how to redesign using only two font families. A great and well prepared presentation. It was also interesting to hear Adrian Norris tell about the many months of hard work that are the put into a relaunch by some papers. Did something simply not work? It was bad planning that Lisbeth Knudsen, Berlingske Media and Adrian Norris, Globe and Mail were in the program simultaneously, especially as the program was a little thin on Friday morning. A pity also, that Henrik Kanekrans, who dared to start a new magazine during the ﬁnancial crisis was cancelled.

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What would you like to hear/ see in next year’s seminar in Copenhagen? I’d like to hear about newpapers or magazines that redesign/relaunch, and more about typography and graphic design as such.

How many SNDS seminars (incl. this one) have you attended? This was my second SNDS seminar – the ﬁrst one was in Oslo way back in 1997. I’ve also been on the 1996 trip organized by SNDS and B.T. Skovsende in 1996.

FINALLY: Time to relax! The organizing team behind the Make a Difference seminar can finally take a deep breath and look back on many hard days of preparations. From left to right: Svenåke Boström, Tommy Löfgren, Anna Östlund, Lars Andersson, and Mikael Marklund. Photo: Anna Östlund

FLY AWAY WITH US Next stop: Copenhagen 2012. As the last point on the agenda before the rock show, Søren Nyeland from Politiken and Lars Pryds from Berlingske – who are working together on their third consecutive Danish SNDS seminar – revealed the place, time and title for next year’s SNDS seminar: SPACE_2012. Follow the preparations on www.snds.org/space2012 - and enjoy the very cool, very short trailer movie for the seminar. Photo: Søren S. Nielsen

Thh Norwegian The N Designer Alexander Moderhak Schindler, designer/developer, Mentor Medielab What was the best in Stockholm? All the good conversations between sessions. It’s great to get to meet colleagues from all over and share experiences. Did something simply not work? The coloursession didn’t give me anything. All in all I also think that too many sessions sadly didn’t relate enough to the everyday challenges in the newsroom. There was not enough input on how to actually make a change.

How many SNDS seminars (incl. this one) have you attended? This was my third seminar.

FOLLOW ME … ! Lars Andersson from the seminar comittee guides the way through Stockholm – on the way to the final highlight: The Rock Party at Hamburger Börs. Photo: Søren S. Nielsen

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What would you like to hear/ see in next year’s seminar in Copenhagen? I would like to hear/see more handson experience. Why not let the biggest winners give seminars on how they do things? How they thing, the challenges they faced and how the overcame them. For instance; I would like to hear more about how they work in Helsingi Sanomat.

The President Anders Tapola, SNDS President, What was the best in Stockholm? The Award Show on Thursday evening. It was a really good show and a lot of light on all the medal winners. And I also loved the duo Lise and Gertrud. That’s what I call entertainment! I also liked the workshop when we made really ﬁne art. Did something simply not work? Not what I’m aware of anyway. What would you like to hear/ see in next year’s seminar in Copenhagen? I would like to be surprised. And I’m convinced that the guys at Politiken who are working with the programme will not let me down. I still remember Copenhagen Crash in 2008 as a very fun and creative seminar.

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How many SNDS seminars (incl. this one) have you attended? This was my eleventh seminar in a row.

FLET’S ROCK: Ellinor Asp and her band rounded off the evening with a rock show that really set the party in motion. Having entertained during the dinner, we sort of knew her already, but when the band entered the satge with her, they added that little extra touch of heavy metal feeling, and encouraged people to get out on the dance floor. Photo: Anna Östlund

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25 years of SNDS Which seminar did you go to? Well, it can be hard to remember, but here’s a complete list of all SNDS events since the beginning in 1986. We’ve picked out some of the names on the list of speakers for each event – but of course, it’s only a few – there were many others. But maybe you remember them, after all? 1986 Stockholm May 23-25, Hotel Anglais Participants: 117 Theme: Newspaper design – news graphics – new technique From the speaker list: Torgny Wärn, Thomas Lampell, Annika Dahl, Eric Dyring, Carl Henning, Nils Enlund, Leif Tholander, Tommy Säflund

1995 Trondheim June 6-10, Radisson SAS Hotel Participants: 179 (149 paying in full) Theme: Men, women, photography & ethics From the speaker list: Deborah Withey, Gerd von der Lippe, Dave laBelle, Henrik Birkvig, Juan Antonio Giner, Erling Sivertsen, Ole Munk 1996 Sundsvall May 30-June 1, Hotell Södra Berget Participants: 140 (104 paying in full) Theme: News in new ways From the speaker list: Lena Grape Lilliehorn, Ongemar Franzén, Göran Lundberg, Tryggve Berg, Carsten Gregersen, Pelle Anderson

1987 Århus May 14-16, Hotel Scanticon Participants: 128 (110 paying in full) Theme: Redesign / What is visual creativity? From the speaker list: Ernst Dernehl, Ole Rode, Knud Aage Frøbert, Austin Grandjean, Minister for Culture H.P. Clausen, Henrik Birkvig 1988 Oslo May 5-7, SAS Scandinavia Hotel Participants: 160 (122 paying in full) Theme: Black on white in colour From the speaker list: Dr. Mario Garcia, Andreas Norland, Niels Thostrup, William Villersted, Jan V. White, Carl Adam Nycoop 1989 Göteborg May 18-20, Scandic Crown Hotel Participants: 150 (118 paying in full) Theme: Pictures in daily newspapers From the speaker list: Lennart Weibull, José L. Diaz de Villegas, Jan van Kooten, Dr. Pegie Stark, George Rorick, Per Wiklund, Jonas Dagson

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1990 Helsingør May 10-13, Hotel Scanticon Borupgaard Participants: 87 (80 paying in full) Theme: Vision 2000 From the speaker list: Nanette Bisher, Pelle Anderson, John Bark, Rolf Rehe, Rie Jerichow, Poul Hammerich, N. Chr. Anderson

1991 Bergen May 9-12, Solstrand Fjord Hotel Participants: 192 (136 paying in full) Theme: Projekt 2000: The newspaper in the future – media for the elite or for the masses? From the speaker list: Ian Watson, Chris Holmes, Michel Gaffré, Randy Miller, Per H. Baugstø, Pär Kagrell, Friedrich W. Burkhardt, Juan Antonio Giner, Jacqueline Combs, Michael Vorack

HANDS ON In the workshop at the Aalborg seminar in 1994 designers and journalists worked together creating visuals. Photo: Sine Fiig

1992 Helsinki May 8-9, Dipoli Participants: 159 (138 paying in full) Theme: Europa From the speaker list: Märta Tikkanen, Alena Labová, Edwin Taylor, Juan Antonio Giner, Jan van Kooten, Jukka Pellinen, Michel Gaffré, Erik Spiekermann

1997 Billund May 22-24, Hotel Legoland Participants: 233 (188 paying in full) Theme: Journalism first and foremost From the speaker list: Ed Kohorst, Toni Piqué, Dave Gray, Ulf Stambej, Ingrid Lohne, Bettina Heltberg, Agnete Holk, Brandon Parson 1998 Oslo May 14-16, Radisson SAS Hotel Participants: 310 (249 paying in full) Theme: Choose direction! From the speaker list: Ron Reason, David Carson, Rebecka Lindberg, Sara Sjöberg, Christer Hellmark, Bengt Engwall, Stein Erik Selfors

1993 Stockholm May 4-8, Globen Arrangeret i samarbejde med NATS (25 Års jubilæum) og Nordgraf 93 Participants: 155 (130 paying in full) Theme: Developing technique and products From the speaker list: Nils Meyer, Edwin Taylor, Norvall Skreien, Stig Forsberg, Jonas Dagson, Børge T. Skovsende, Andrew Chappin

1999 København September 9-11, Bella Center Participants: 650, (575 paying in full) This seminar was a combination of the SND/S seminar and the international SND workshop. Theme: Storytelling in the Dream Society From the speaker list: Dr. Mario Garcia, Lucie Lacava, Ally Palmer, Gerard Unger, Bo Linnemann, Per Heilmann, Rodrigo Sanchez, Preben Mejer, Martha L. Stone

1994 Aalborg June 2-4, Aalborg Kultur- og Kongrescenter Participants: 158 (123 paying in full) Theme: The newspaper has a future, but … From the speaker list: Per Arnoldi, Carsten Gregersen, Nigel Holmes, George Benge, Lisbeth Knudsen, Svenåke Boström, Peter Melin

2000 Reykjavik April 6-8, Grand Hotel Reykjavik Participants: 230 Theme: Storytelling for a new millennium From the speaker list: Martha L. Stone, Ole Munk, Einar Mar Gudmundsson, Roar Hagen, Kim Pedersen, Svenåke Boström, Tony Majeri

seminars 2001 Tampere September 6-8, Vapriikki Participants: 148 Theme: snd/s.tampere01 From the speaker list: Chris Anderson, Pelle Andersson & A4, Esa Saarinen, Ole Munk, NOKIA Design Department, Jarmo Viteli

2004 København September 2-4, Radisson SAS Hotel Participants: 160 Theme: Upside Down From the speaker list: Juan Antonio Giner, Susan Mango Curtis, Hoefler & Frere-Jones, Jan Utzon, Tony Sutton, Max Gadney, Preben Mejer

2002 Malmö September 5-7, Malmö Konserthus Participants: 234 Theme: In Between the Lines From the speaker list: Martin Parr, Charles Blow, Lars Engman, John Bark, Kersti Forsberg

2005 Helsinki May 12-14, Marina Congress Center Participants: 220 Theme: The Sound of Paper From the speaker list: Anna Politkovskaya, Sarah Quinn, Lena K. Samuelsson, Jacek Utko

2003 Stavanger May 22-24, Radisson SAS Atlantic Hotel Participants: 205 Theme: The Word From the speaker list: David Kinsella, Gerard Unger, Tor Åge Bringsværd, Javier Zarrachina, Orage Quarles

2006 Trondheim May 11-13, Participants: 160 Theme: CONTRAST From the speaker list: John Grimwade, Johan Kinnander, Christine McNeal, Nordström/Frank

2007 Stockholm May 24-26, Clarion Hotel Participants: 271 Theme: Stockholm 2007 From the speaker list: Stephanie Grace Lim, Sara Quinn, Søren Nyeland, Martin Jönsson, Robb Montgomery, Anna Östlund, Jacqueline Wu

2008 København May 22-24, Pressen, SAS Radisson Royal Hotel Participants: 207 Theme: CRASH! From the speaker list: Stephanie Grace Lim, Svetlana Maximchenko, Palmer/Watson, Mark Porter, Pia Haraldsen, Per Mikael Jensen 2009 Oulu May 14-16, Hotel Radisson SAS Participants: 160 Theme: 24 From the speaker list: Javier Errea, Martin Gee, Ari Kinnari, Toni Manninen, Mathias Kretschmer, Anna W. Thurfjell, Lars Pryds, Kaisa Rautaheimo

2011 Stockholm May 12-13, Sheraton Hotel Participants: TBA Theme: Make A Difference From the speaker list: Adrian Norris, Ole Munk, Sabine Christiane Sirach, Abraham Georges, Cristobal Edwards, Lisbeth Knudsen 2012 Copenhagen September 27-28, Diamanten (The Diamond) Participants: A lot, hopefully! Theme: SPACE From the speaker list: TBA

Research: B.T. Skovsende, Per Baugstø, Lone Jürgensen, Ole Munk, Lars Pryds.

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PR The organizors of the SNDS seminars have produced a multitude of very different and very inventive programmes, trying to attract people and make them go to the seminar. Photo: Lars Pryds

2010 Oslo September 30-October 2, Thon Opera Hotel Participants: 184 Theme: Opera – News design: storytelling in multiple channels From the speaker list: Juan Antonio Giner, Mark Porter, Terry Watson, Jacek Utko, Simon EEwing, John Grimwade, Luke Hayman

LET IT SNOW From the founder of a museum for arctic history in Greenland (cover left and below left) to skiing in pure untouched snow in the Rocky Mountains in Canada (above), om:snö is a magazine that brings the whole world to the readers of mid-size local newspapers. Photo: om:magasin

It’s all about … Lars Pryds pryds@mac.com basic idea behind om:magasin is for newspapers to make a product that connects with the core product – namely the newspaper itself – and to give the readers something extra. This way, it will strengthen the readers’ relation to the newspaper – creating a higher loyalty to the product. “All across Scandinavia, daily papers are cutting down in staﬀ and expenses, and om:magasin is simply a way to make something special with good economics,” John Bark explains at the

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end of two long “Make a Difference” seminar days in Stockholm. He has been to a lot of SNDS seminars, as speaker, design doctor, organizer as well as ‘ordinary’ participant, but this time was his first as an Editor-in-Chief, handing out copies of his magazine. The first issue – om:snö, with articles all about snow – was published and distributed with Vasabladet and Österbottens Tidning, Swedish language newspapers in Finland. Now John Bark is looking for partners in Sweden to sign up for the next issue, which will be about wood – om:trä – and is planned to be out in October. He hopes to have about ten newspapers involved with

this, and if so, it will of course be possible to sell ads targeted at the speciﬁc area of every newspaper. John Bark even mentions the possibility for the newspapers to use the space where his own editorial column is now printed, to make the magazine even more localized. If so, his byline might disappear from this prominent place. How would he feel about that? “”Well, I will still be the Editor-inChief – and I must admit it was kind of a wet dream for me to be one. But I’m also quite ﬂexible in this project and that the papers get a chance to include the magazine into their own brand is a key issue here and part of

HISTORY AND HOW-TO: Fighting the snow in the early years of World War II (below left) or finding out how to build your own igloo (below right). And of course, even the ads relate to the theme (below middle). Photo: om:magasin

the business idea. Om:magazine, and its web version, is an added value to the readers’ ordinary subscription”. The magazine itself, however, is the opposite of ‘everything’ – the topic for each issue is extremely focused. “Snow”, as in issue one, or as the plans are for future issues: “Wood”, “Light”, “Taste”, or “Water”. But within the topic, the articles and reportages – accompanied by beautiful photography – in the magazine aims to cover every possible aspect – and the work is based on enthusiasm from the writers and photographers. “This project is a great chance for smaller and mid-size newspapers to have a magazine they can call their

own, but it’s also a chance for the people working in a hectic day-to-day production to bury themselves in longterm projects that they can explore more thoroughly than their normal assignments,” says John Bark. This way, the magazine can be used as an inhouse tool to make the staff proud of doing something special. Another inhouse side effect is that publishing a high quality magazine like this creates a little healthy competition to the newspaper’s other supplements. So maybe om:magasin will influence both the readers and their reading habits as well as the core products they are distributed with. ■

The way it works ■ John Bark (photo) and Barking Dog Publishing develops the editorial concept in cooperation with editors from the newspapers involved. The content – articles, interviews, photos and illustrations – are created by external contributors and staff at the newspapers.The job of selling ads is shared between Barking Dog Publishing and the newspapers. The newspapers distribute the magazines with their normal circulation. Also included in the concept is a new kind of web site construction that works on tablets as well as on a regular screen. www.om-mag.com www.barkingdog.se

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A new magazine project with an unusual business and production model launched its premiere issue this early spring, published and distributed with two Finnish newspapers in Österbotten. om:magasin is the child of John Bark of Barking Dog Publishing in Stockholm, and he believes that his concept will catch on in Sweden – and in Denmark and Norway after that.

News across six time zones Like any SND region, this region is unlike all others. Canada is a nation with a geographical area that spans six time zones and some 10,000 kilometers. With a population of just over 33 million, mostly centered in urban areas there is a diverse print journalism industry that goes coast to coast. Jason A. Chiu canada.snd@gmail.com ■ SND

Canada was once divided into two regions, east and west, with Quebec (predominantly francophone) being part of the eastern region from time to time (currently, it is part of SND Francophone). SND Canada is now

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geographic regions, each represented by a regional director on the SND board. Some directors report directly to SND HQ, some are Presidents of an affiliate organization, like for example SND Scandinavia. In a series of articles, we give you a glimpse of what is going on in the rest of the world. Our SND network really is a global one.

one region, with leadership being amalgamated under one person. Plans are in motion to bring in regional directors and city leaders to overcome geographical obstacles. In the past, and in the near future there have been regional workshops organized through SND in Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto. One of the most successful quick courses ever, with an attendance of 300, was hosted by Michael Bird, previous SND Eastern Canada director. SND Canada has close ties with the SND regions and directors in the United States, given the frequency of staﬀ moving across the border as well as ease of travel between the countries, one will ﬁnd a great number of Canadians and Americans at workshops and quick courses on both sides of the border. Design competitions Canadian SND members participate mainly in the annual Best of News Design print competition in Syracuse, along with the newly minted digital competition. The growing presence of mobile and web platforms can also be felt in newsrooms across the country, as newspapers have begun to make their

presence know at web competitions as well, like the Webbies, ONAs, and the Editor&Publisher awards. Presently most SND members of Canada design consultants, print designers and newspaper folk with ink on their hands. The sudden influx and demand for web platform centric developers and designers has left a vacuum in what specific organization these people actually belong to. The rate at which the industry is changing has outpaced the speed in which educational institutions have been able to adapt to. The desire to properly equip the future generations of Canadian journalists is on the top of the list of many deans and leaders of journalism and design schools, but we won’t know the results of these efforts for some years. That said, all newspapers have very close ties to journalism schools, graduate art and design programs and professional associations for recruiting and staffing. Paper in Toronto One of the most dynamic and ever changing areas of Canada is Toronto. Loved by some, loathed by others. Toronto is home to 4 major daily news-

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Torstar, a publicly traded company, owns a handful of daily newspapers and community publications throughout the Toronto region. They are the owners and operators of the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest circulation newspaper, at about 400,000 daily.

The Globe and Mail is owned by the Thomson Family (85%) and Bell Canada (15%) and is one of Canada’s national newspapers, circulation of about 350,000 daily. It is based in Toronto, but has bureaus in Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Edmonton, Vancouver, Calgary and overseas postings.

The National Post, a paper started by Conrad Black, is now owned by PostMedia, a network of papers, much like the Torstar chain. They are based in Don Mills, just outside of Toronto proper.

The SunMedia chain spans the nation, as well. But each paper caters to a local audience, and all carry a known tabloid feel and message. SunMedia is owned by Quebecor, who also owns Osprey Media.

GOING RED Last year the G20 was hosted in Canada. It was major news event for many papers in the region. In advance of the summit, Bono and Bob Geldof guest edited The Globe and Mail. This front page is from May 10, 2010.

Gesca, the owner of La Presse, based in Montreal. Gesca is the media arm of Power Corporation. Gesca’s papers are Frenchlanguage and based in the Gatineau region of Ontario, as well as throughout Quebec.

TorStar, The Globe and Mail Inc., PostMedia, SunMedia and Gesca represent the majority ownership of newspaper publications in Canada. Magazines in Canada are dominated by the American market, as well as Rogers Communications (who publishes Maclean’s and Actualites) and St. Joseph’s Media (who publishes Toronto Life).

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ON THE COVER The Globe and Mail front page uses bold illustrations and creative promo boxes to lure the readers into the paper. Here is a weekend edition for Saturday, December 11, 2010.

papers, The Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun, The Globe and Mail, and The National Post. While the latter two are national, they have Toronto editions and sections. In addition to these four dailies, there are 3 major weeklies, GridTo, Xtra, and Now. But that’s not all, there is also 3 free dailies, TOnight, Metro (owned by Torstar) and 24 hours (owned by SunMedia). So, that’s a total of 10 newspapers in one city. The numbers alone tell the story. To add to the aforementioned numbers, the 10 only include English-language newspapers. Because of the the ethnic diversity of the city, and variety of ethnic enclaves, there are also Italian, Portuguese and Chinese publications in the city. Toronto, and Canada, is a city rich with ink.

good starting points for Canada, recommended by Jason Chiu:

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There are a series of websites, organizations and professional associations that would be beneficial to established and rising visual journalists seeking work or support in Canada.

1. EDUCATION NSCAD, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (arts school in Atlantic Canada) OCAD, Ontario College of Art and Design (design school, in Toronto) Emily Carr Institute (fine arts school in Vancouver) Alberta College of Art and Design (arts college in Edmonton) Canadian University Press, cup.ca (Student cooperative, 90 plus weekly papers, audience of 2.5 million) Carleton University (Canada’s most prominent journalism program, bachelor and graduate programs) Ryerson University (Common alma mater for many Canadian journalists, based in Toronto) Western University, Concordia, Ottawa, University of British Columbia, Algonquin College and King’s College all have journalism programs as well.

The future is bright in Canada, despite the constant threat or lower circulation numbers, advertising revenue and threat of buyouts, the print decline did not hit Canadian newspapers as hard as did in the United States. There was the inevitable shuﬄing of cards and staﬀ, but all the large newspapers continued to print, the small ones too. The Globe and Mail even did a $1 billion redesign that involved 6 news presses (one in each time zone), the Toronto Star changed their Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, and the National Post did the same. Montreal goes mobile If the last few years has taught Canadian news organizations anything about the print industry in Canada, it’s that

it’s more resilient and steady than most. Which one might think could hinder the growing dominance of mobile platforms in the news environment. But, La Presse, the largest Frenchdaily newspaper in North America announced a few weeks ago that it will be seizing it’s printing contract in the next six years, and will publish only on web based platforms like the iphone, ipad, and other tablet devices. They hired nearly 60 developers and have turned the heat up on its competitors. So, while Toronto continues to print paper, Montreal will lead the way in mobile, and who knows, maybe the rest of the country, soon. Unique, Canada is unique. ■

2. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Advertising and Design Club of Canada (ADCC, theadcc.ca) Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD, rgdontario.com) Canadian Association of Journalists (caj, caj.ca) Society for News Design (snd.org) NPAC, National Photojournalists Association of Canada, npac.ca 3. GREAT MUSEUMS / GALLERIES The Art Gallery of Ontario recently had a massive overhaul by Frank Gehry. The gallery was expanded to include one of the largest collections of Canadian art from the Group of 7 and other famed Canadians. Much of the art was donated to the gallery from late Roy Thomson. The Gallery is in Toronto. www.ago.net The National Gallery of Canada, based in Ottawa has a vast collection of international and period art. The architecture of the building is stunning with it’s glass facade and granite interior throughout. www.gallery.ca There are many other galleries and museums throughout Canada: The Royal Ontario Museum and The Museum of Natural Civilization are noteworthy.

Jason Chiu is a Design Editor at The Globe and Mail, where he leads the news desk and special projects in the presentation department. He was part of The Globe and Mail’s 2010 redesign, and is a two-time winner of the prestigious National Newspaper Award for Presentation (2009 and 2010). Before the Globe, Chiu worked at the Toronto Star, and before that he was a photographer, art director, directeur de la production, and redacteur en chef (adjointe) at a series of French and English weeklies, and a wire agency, in Ottawa. He’s SND’s director for Canada. Contact jchiu@globeandmail.com canada.snd@gmail.com The Globe and Mail globeandmail.com

Sculpture by Louise Bourgois outside The National Gallery of Canada

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A multicultural Different cultures, different languages, evendifferent alphabets – those are among the aspects of SND Region 20, Africa and the Middle East. The newspapers in the area focus on strong infographics and bring in inspiration and design expertise from other countries.

Douglas Okasaki snd20@snd20.org

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Society for News Design (SND) region 20: Middle East and Africa is quite new among other SND organizations. Prior to SND20 formation in 2005, very few information and feedback about the region were available for SND headquarter. We can say the organizational structure in the region is composed mainly of foreign professionals in newspaper design. It started with Gulf News redesign, the leading English language newspaper in the region, which is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It has initiated contracting Dr. Mario Garcia, an international expert in newspaper design to bring a completely new perspective and added

value for newspaper design in the region. The ﬁrst SND member in the region was Jon Zabiegala, Australian, art director, from the same publication. Investing in fresh design was a complete new idea in the region. To see design as a good investment and a tool to journalists to present the best story telling and high design quality was not a common practice by the publishing houses in the region. This is in contrast to Western countries where the process of looking at design as a positive point to conquest readers in a competitive market was no longer novelty. Although this new concept of design as an investment for the region was introduced by some important publication titles, still some publishing house don’t recognize the powerful tool of design. Many publications don’t have

their own design department; the design is administered by the production or system manager. But this mentality is slowly changing in the region and the UAE is the frontrunner and is very much responsible for this change. Gulf News, The National, Business 24/7, Al Ittihad, Al Bayan and Emarat Al Youm were some notable newspapers based in the UAE that hired professional designers to redesign the look and feel of their paper. Some papers have used the expertise of Lucie Lacava and Javier Errea to redesign their publications to have a competitive edge. Foreign talent Most of the SND regions are composed of the local people from each region. But in the case of SND20, it is composed of multi-cultural and a

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mix of foreign talents. Some of these designers originated from the UK, South America, Mexico, South Africa, the Philippines and India. There is quite a few specialized local talents in the region; many good design schools and universities in the Middle East and there are great local talents but there is a lack of subject specializing in design for newspaper and informational graphics. Print newspaper is still strong in marketing and high in circulation, even though news sites on the net are also available and accessible in the Middle East. There are other platforms such as tablet and mobile used as information delivery; newsrooms are producing special contents for all platforms and add interactive graphic and video online. Still there is a gap in design quality

between English language publication and Arabic. The lack of specialized Arabic speaking talent in news design and the lack of investment in design make some of Arabic language publications in a mess and not very legible visually. Some publications are still not open to innovation, for example, to hire new professionals or change structure and redesign. Many publications are government-owned that makes the process of change very difficult or slow; characteristic that affects the final quality of the publication. Conservative countries such as Saudi Arabia became more aware about the impact of high quality design after they saw the redesign of Al Bayan and Al ttihad newspapers, both in Arabic language. It means that the concentration is slow and need to be seen proved by the eyes,

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MEGA GRAPHICS PROJECTS The surprise effect is quite common in the region’s publications. The National, a newspaper based in Abu Dhabi, published a full edition in green paper to celebrate the Earth week (far left); Al Bayan published a panel with more than 16 pages for the lasest Olympic Games. Mega posters and graphics were produced for special occasions, for example for the Asia Games published by Times of Oman in Muscat (left) and the poster for the opening of Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world (below), published by Gulf News.

AFRICA The environment in Africa is not as fast and prominent as in the Middle East, but its printing edition is also strong. Dr. Mario Garcia worked in Nigeria in 2009 to design a complete new newspaper and website in Lagos (Nigeria) called “Next”. “We know that there is a long learning curve to follow here. The staff of Next is young, somewhat inexperienced, but eager and enthusiastic. Everything is new to them, including the producing of a daily newspaper and online edition” wrote Dr Mario in his blog. In 2008 Kelly Frankeny and Ron Reason redesigned the tabloid format “The Stardard” in Nairobi, Kenya, and Charles Apple is constantly delivering workshops and training for designers in the Media 24 in South Africa, a publishing house with magazines and newspaper titles. TOP SND AWARD WINNER The United Arab Emirates is among the top 10 award winners in the SND Creative Competition for some consecutive years; Times of Oman from Muscat became the second publication after Los Angeles Times that received more awards of Excellence this year. What makes these countries top winners? The competition makes the quality standard high in the art department and the publication still have space for design, some newspapers have more space than other in terms of coverage, spread pages, full page infographics, WINNER This Arabic language infografphic spread from Emarat al rare features in some newspapers in Youm, a newspaper based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, won an other countries. Award of Excellence in the 31st SND competition.

good ways to start exploring Region 20, recommended by Douglas Okasaki:

1. READ A BOOK: Donna Marsh: The Middle East Unveiled A Cultural and Practical Guide for All Western Business Professionalsh kortlink.dk/93pb 2. READ THE NEWS www.thenational.ae www.gulfnews.com www.timesofoman.com 3. BE A TOURIST Abu Dhabi www.visitabudhabi.ae

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but sooner or later the changes will come; if it will not happen, publishing houses are vulnerable to close. Protective marketing One of the most signiﬁcant characteristics of the region is the protective marketing; each publishing house has own policy to protect the knowledge and information about the production. Some companies are stricter in this aspect, for example, they do not allow workers to work for a competitor for two years, after resigning from the previous company, or do freelance work in design for newspapers in the region. It restricts newspapers to sponsor workshops open for all designers including competitors. Most of the time, SND20 is working in collaboration with various associations such as IFRA and WAN to conduct workshops and lectures in the region. They have carried out workshops for Iraq newspaper design in Jordan, and many lectures about the importance of design as a powerful tool in Cairo.

In April, Juan Velasco, art director from National Geographic, conducted a series of lectures and workshops in Dubai. He focused on infographics, which is one of the hot topics in the region. The SND20 region follows SND headquarter’s decisions. It is not an independent ogranisation, with own bylaws and structure. Its big challenge is to involve more local professionals and Arabic speaker members. Increase the membership and interest in news design in this very much hybrid scenario. The region is huge and to have more professionals interested to make a volunteer work in all these countries is very welcome. As an SND member and volunteer in the region, I always see SND Scandinavia chapter as a good example to follow and hope that this region reaches the same level of maturity and organization as Scandinavia chapter. Inshallah.* ■ (* “if it’s God’s will” - a common local expression used to suggest that something will happen in the future).

Oman www.omantourism.gov.om Lebanon www.lebanon-tourism.gov.lb

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Abu Dhabi Grand Mosque www.kortlink.dk/93qd

Douglas Okasaki Douglas Okasaki is Brazilian from Sao Paulo; worked in Folha de S.Paulo and O Globo newspaper in Brazil. International Press Newspaper in Tokyo and presently at Gulf News in Dubai (UAE). www.snd20.org

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The beginning of print – again CARSON magazine is a playground for freestyle graphic design Lars Pryds pryds@mac.com

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may have written a book entitled “The End of Print” – but now David Carson, the surﬁng grunge design guru of a time long ago – is back in print with a bimonthly magazine simply called “CARSON”. The theme for issue one is “Survival”, and the intention, according to Editor-in-chief Alex Storch, is to celebrate “the spirit of experimental thought […] and a ﬁrm grasp on what it means to not only survive, but to live in an extraordinary way”. The essays and articles have titles like“Ten Kinds of Survival”, “Save a Life – Know Your Role in a Medical Emergency”, and (interview with illustrator Scott “C” Cambell): “Remembering Moments of Survival in the

Cinematic History” – lots of words that are treated as graphic elements. Text and illustrations are art directed in the experimental, chaotic way that has been Carson’s trademark since the early 1990ies. Which means diﬀerently sized columns (some of them turned 90 degrees or upside down so you must move the magazine around to read the text), a multitude of typefaces distorted and twisted, and colours and images used with no respect for grids or legibility. Doubt has been raised whether David Carson himself did more than just allow the magazine to use his name – forcing the editor to post a link to the magazine’s contract with Carson, showing his obligation to “provide creative direction” of the magazine, as well as active “participating in the promotion of the magazine for a minimum of six (6) issues”.

The contract even mentions that Carson must “make six (6) mentions of the magazine on his personal Facebook and Twitter accounts”. Funny how those social networks invade every corner of a designer’s life these days – even assignment contracts. Whether you look for ways to survive or are a fan of twisted letterforms and free-form page layout, CARSON magazine is for you. Above are some examples from the premiere issue. The theme for issue 2 will be “Fame”. CCARSON magazine 888 pages 225,5 x 21,5 cm In International subscription: $$103.30 (6 issues) www.carsonmag.net

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NEWSPAPER HISTORY LOST FOREVER? These pages will stay alive in Google’s News Archive, but they may be hard to find.

An invited group of contributors from diﬀerent platforms in news design and art are discussing and documenting the changing role of photography in visual media. Lisbeth Tolstrup mamamanus@mac.com ■ The

Danish based magazine Filter has launched its fifth volume under the theme Hybrid. Articles, portfolios and other texts have been chosen and written in the same strict and precise form as always. The reason for us to mention Filter in SNDS Magazine is the magazine’s strong emphazis on being interacting between media – photography, literature and reviews – all together presenting a very actual and vivid reflexion of art and media as an actual cross over phenomenon of our time, whether you produce or you consume the visual elements in news design. This project is only possible due to the respect of the artists and other contributors, who have chosen to interact between periods and continents in this context. The journalist Øivind Holtermann is discussing the subject ”hybrids” and how they can be used and misused in the developing sphere of newsmedia. He is discussing the subject from different points of view, the photojournalists and the reader, whether it is in the printed media or the web-media; the photographer and the editor and the political aspects of being part of an underchanging world.

The actual portfolios, articles and book reviews are being supplemented with the essay Daguerreotypes from 1951 by the famous Danish author Karen Blixen, all representing different perspectives to the theme. In a period like ours – where the printed media is struggling for its survival in the traditional form and the new media is rapidly developing interfaces – it is interesting to meet this broadminded and reflected approach, where art and commercial media interact with scientific documentation and the personal story. Artistic approaches are being followed by traditional reportages and documentaries. A photographic platform, and an interesting eye-opening magazine, with a lot of discussions and presentations, but no final key for understanding, just this talented and relieving search for new dimensions in the media photography.

Filter #5 (Theme: Hybrid) 128 pages 24 x 17 cm DKK 110 (1 issue)

www.filterforfotografi.net

PROVOCATION – or a tremendous sense of humour? Jürgen Klauke’s photo: ”Präsenz” (1990/1992) illustrates Christine Gückel’s article about the mixing of media.

Archive for old news discontinued ■ Google has

decided to stop developing the five year old Google News Archive, its plan to scan and index 250 years’ worth of microfilm copies of newspapers and turn them into a searchable database. The small newspaper Boston Phoenix, one of the publishers in the project, writes on its blog that “the project was Google’s attempt to do for old newspapers what Google Books has been attempting to do for the world’s libraries.” Google will continue to support the existing archives it has scanned and indexed – which should amount to about 60 million pages. But no more pages will be added to the archive. This is sad news, says Harry McCracken on the Technologizer.com website: “No other Web company except Google would have had the ambition and good intentions to try and do this in the first place; it’s possible that the very concept of a grand unified index of the world’s newspapers just died. But while the project was a success in terms of sheer bulk it had crippling usability issues. […] Many folks who’d find it immensely useful have no clue that it exists – and even if they do, they may find it weirdly difficult to navigate.” One example of the archive’s poor navigation is the St. Petersburg Times page above – which we found archived as the front page for August 2, 1876. Only, it was actually published 100 years later, in 1976. So maybe shutting down the archive is not such a big disaster after all …

kortlink.dk/93s5 (the Boston Phoenix blog) kortlink.dk/93s7 (the Technolizer website) news.google.com/newspapers –pryds

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SNDS Magazine 2011|2 The President

Getting involved SNDS President Anders Tapola anders.tapola@smp.se ■ First of

all, let me thank all of you who participated in the Make a Diﬀerence seminar in Stockholm in May. I do hope we will meet again next year in Copenhagen, where the theme will be SPACE. Already, I can guarantee you an experience out of the ordinary. You can see the silhouette of the building where the seminar will take place in the logo on our Facebook page – taken from the small animation shown in Stockholm, created by Politiken’s Philip Ytournel. Make a Diﬀerence was my eleventh SNDS seminar. I was quite taken by surprise myself when I started to look back. Tampere 2001 was my debut. It all began with a redesign project at Smålandsposten in cooperation with Ole Munk. He told me about an organization whose members were really enthusiastic about news design, and of course, I got very interested. I just had to become a member of an organization like that. In Tampere, we made a presentation of the new Smålandsposten – and even won a silver award for the redesign. Naturally, these were two major reasons for me to get involved with SNDS. Firstly, getting in touch with an enormous network with very competent designers all over Scandinavia; and secondly, winning an award in the oldest and most prestigious design competition in Scandinavia. The most valuable of the two – of course – is the network. It is not only a professional network. Many have become close friends during the years, and the network has spread far outside Scandinavia. It’s a great advantage to be able to get help and tips from Argentina, Russia or Canada if looking for inspiration in one’s daily work – or if you just

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need feedback or a critical eye on an ongoing redesign project. The international exchange is very important, at least to me. And I guess that is why we get involved in the work of an organization like ours – to gain something. During Make a Diﬀerence in Stockholm I encouraged everybody to log into Facebook and share photos, thoughts about the seminar or just tell us what YOU expect from SNDS. So get in there and share your views and thoughts – the url is: facebook.com/sndscandinavia I also hope you appreciate the international outlook presented in SNDS Magazine that was kick started in the previous issue under the label “SND Global”. Stefan Knapp from SND/DACH was the ﬁrst to tell us about what goes on in his region – no. 16. Among other things he explained: ”My vision is to maximize the international network activities. As the world has become smaller it is from my point of view vital to position oneself internationally. It is absolutely necessary to act on a global level if one wants to act as a professional.” I think he is so right. In this issue, you meet Douglas Okasaki, regional director of SND Region 20, Africa and the Middle East. He has a very large region to keep track of. Furthermore, Douglas is a very energetic and creative designer at Gulf News in Dubai. And a good friend. A newfound friend is also Jason A. Chiu, from The Globe and Mail and the new director for SND Canada, who reports from a very big and exciting region in this issue. Finally I wish everybody out there a very pleasant summer! ■