
SND | THE BEST OF NEWS DESIGN 35
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AN INTRODUCTION / UNA INTRODUCCIÓN
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HIS MARVELOUS AND AMBITIOUS BOOK
celebrates the 35th year of The Best of News Design.
A competition, yes, but more importantly an
immense effort by SND in self-criticism, evaluation,
recognition, and — still after three-and-a-half decades —
discovery and change.
Thanks to SND’s relatively youthful membership, it’s unlikely
that most of us have as many as half the editions, even a
third. But if you have, as I do, 35 editions on a shelf, you have
a precious collection of glossy volumes almost two feet wide
(OK, about 61 centimeters). Perhaps some ten thousand pages.
And the product ...