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DESIGN JOURNAL / SPRING 2018
One world. One SND. T EXT & IM AG E S:
Douglas Okasaki
THE INTERNATIONAL side of our Society is one of the aspects of the organization that we should be proud of. We can find SND followers, members, and supporters in the four corners of the world. The Society’s annual creative competitions for print and for digital play a vital role in attracting and connecting with the international community. They have opened floodgates of enthusiasm from our members worldwide. Equally, the chapters in Scandinavia (Region 13) and Spain/Mediterranean (Region 14) also hold their respective annual contests, which have become a tradition in Europe. While a couple of months back, the first-ever SNDLondon was held at the rooftop of the News UK building, bringing together more than 200 participants from the United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries from Europe and Asia. Internationally renowned speakers covered topics on innovation and creativity during a full-day event. The UK has been the hub of creativity in the news design industry, and it’s about time for SND to conquer London and organize a gathering of visual storytellers and editorial designers from within and the nearby regions. The response was overwhelming,
ÑH is both a competition and a conference with a broader focus. Both digital and print, we discuss storytelling; share content flow and organization issues; show video, photo, and illustration cases; introduce the best projects of the year. ÑH caters to art directors, news editors, designers, photo editors, copy desk staff, and graphics artists.
with the survey result showing positive feedback in every aspect—from the conference topics down to the quality of speakers. How incredible to witness European designers so enthused about learning and absorbing all the information—just imagine 17 speakers all packed into a day’s schedule! And they were all attentive until the very end, starting from ten in the morning until seven in the evening. Of course, there were breaks, which made it even more challenging to manage. Sara Quinn, SND past president,
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ARGENTINA + SPAIN NOVEMBER 2018
ÑH Best of News Design (Spain, Portugal, and Latin America) started out as an exclusive European competition but expanded to include Latin America in 2016. The two annual conferences this year will be held in Madrid and Buepremiosnh.com nos Aires.
MADRID
BUENOS AIRES