Tonight's the night
The redesigned Spokesman-Review rolls off the presses tonight, so expect to see us post a gallery of images after we close that first edition. We'll also try to give you a bit of background on the...
View ArticleHard at work?
MG partner Matt Mansfield puts the finishing touches on style changes for The Spokesman-Review at the Hotel Davenport in downtown Spokane. Or maybe he's just fooling around with his camera so he's...
View ArticlePages and pizza are flying
Director of Photography Bart Rayniak peruses pages for tomorrow's first edition of the new Spokesman-Review, while Kevin Wendt of MG works on front page promos, and a celebration cake sums up the...
View ArticleOne big week ahead
Geoff Pinnock, Spokesman-Review design guru, and Scott Goldman from MG work on the tweaks to the Super Bowl logo style for the new paper. In case you had not heard, a certain team from Washington will...
View ArticleWish you were here ...
MG specialist Denise M. Reagan starts her new job Monday at The Times-Union in Jacksonville, Fla., so she cannot be in Spokane for the big launch. That's a huge shame, since she was the mastermind...
View ArticleWorking on features pages
Things are going well. We're already working ahead on feature pages for the next week. Ralph Walter, left, and Matt Mansfield discuss color choices for the Food section cover on Sunday night. Meantime,...
View ArticleRumble for the Jumble
When we launched the redesign of The Spokesman-Review on Monday we knew one thing: We would get some phone calls from people who were unhappy. Change is hard and we have come to expect a few complaints...
View ArticleSmallest of details
MG partner Scott Goldman worked with The Spokesman-Review staff on developing multiple agate styles for use throughout the paper. Despite the reduction in page size, it was a great opportunity to...
View ArticleThey're ready for some football
The Seahawks play the Steelers in today's Super Bowl, just in case you were wondering. More importantly, at least to followers of this blog, Geoff Pinnock reports that The Spokesman-Review has its...
View ArticleNext stop: Alaska
Our next redesign project is scheduled to launch May 5 at the Frontiersman in Wasilla, Alaska. Matt Mansfield and Kevin Wendt of MG are leading the change efforts at the Wick Communications newspaper,...
View ArticleFinished at last!
MG Redesign partner Scott Goldman put the final touches on the redesign of The Indianapolis Star last week with the arrival of new body copy Mercury Text (far left), from Hoefler & Frere-Jones....
View ArticleCapital Journal next up for MG
MG Redesign made its initial visit this week to another Wick Communications paper, the Capital Journal in Pierre, South Dakota. MG partner Scott Goldman went to the Great White North (actually, it...
View Article3, 2, 1 .... Launch!
Welcome back to the MG blog! Sorry we've been away for so long. We have liftoff! The Capital Journal debuted its new size and new look Monday afternoon in Pierre, SD, to solid reviews from a...
View ArticleNow THAT’S a focus group!
As I walked into Pierre’s small airport waiting area, waiting to board my flight back to Indy, I discovered just how tightly-knit a city Pierre is. A very nice woman asked, “You’re the guy who...
View ArticleAnother launch for MG
MG Redesign has launched its fourth redesign of the year, this time of the St. Tammany News, a thrice-weekly newspaper serving a wide area just north of New Orleans. The community was hit hard by...
View ArticleGood stuff about narrative + collaboration
Check out the good folks at www.foureyedmonsters.com and see how these two filmmakers are great collaborators. There's a good feed of video podcasting on their site where they explore visual language,...
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