SOCIETY OF PUBLICATION DESIGNERS RECOGNIZES WINTERHOUSE Two Winterhouse projects, The New Yorker website and the redesign of the Journal of the Archives of American Arts, have been announced as Medal Finalists from SPD's 43rd Annual Magazine Design Competition. CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT As the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation celebrated its 20th anniversary, photographer John Dolan and Winterhouse collaborated on a unique photographic portrait of the region. The publication was mailed to 15,000 local residents. Download PDF. SUSTAINABILITY POSTERS ADDED TO COOPER-HEWITT PERMANENT COLLECTION. Posters by Marian Bantjes, Christoph Niemann and Paula Scher, which were commissioned by Winterhouse last year for Stora Enso sustainability initiative, have been accepted into the permanent collection of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. WINTERHOUSE IN STEP 100 Two projects, Winterhouse Maple Syrup and the Contents book, are part of Step Inside Design's 2008 Step 100. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PRESSES Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel were the judges of this year's AAUP covers competition. WINTERHOUSE PARTNERS WITH NY TIMES The Polling Place Photo Project, founded by Winterhouse in 2006, relaunches January 4th for the 2008 elections in partnership with The New York Times and AIGA. FRED SMEIJERS FEATURES NEJM In 2000, Winterhouse and Pentagram redesigned the New England Journal of Medicine. Five years later, Fred Smeijers is featuring the custom font work he did with Quadraat for NEJM on his homepage. JESSICA HELFAND ON STEFAN SAGMEISTER Jessica is quoted in the Inernational Herald Tribune on Stefan Sagmeister's new exhibition and book. TEACH FOR AMERICA Winterhouse is now helping Teach for America manage its new international initiative — Teach for All. William Drenttel will serve as design director of Teach for All during its first year. YALE TO PUBLISH SCRAPBOOK HISTORY Yale University Press will publish Scrapbook: An American History by Jessica Helfand in November 2008. YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT William Drenttel and Michael Bierut will be teaching the first design class at Yale School of Management beginning in January 2008. Designers Designing Design, MGT833. ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART JOURNAL As a part of redesigning all of the printed materials for the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, Winterhouse launches new design for their Journal. WINTERHOUSE IN SLOVENIA BIENNIAL Helfand and Drenttel were judges for the 2007 Slovenia Design Biennial, including an exhibition of Winterhouse work at the National Gallery in Ljubljana. WINTERHOUSE WINNERS Annual STEP Inside Design 100 has been announced and Winterhouse had two 2008 winners: Contents book and Winterhouse maple syrup packaging. Stora Enso sustainability poster series and Below the Fold: were runners up. MAKE IT NEWS Winterhouse recently designed this poster for an upcoming event sponsored by the Poetry Foundation and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. SCRAPBOOK PRESS The Waterbury Republican-American recently interviewed Jessica Helfand about WWII soldier Francis Johnson's scrapbook, which is in her collection. HELFAND IN PRINT Good Magazine, answering the question "How do we make our mark?"; Online: Core77's Hack-2-School feature; interview on the Ephemera blog. WINTERHOUSE ON CARL ROLLINS Recently, Eric Nevin filmed and edited a video interview in which Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel discuss the work of AIGA Medalist Carl Rollins. CIRCULAR LOGIC Jessica Helfand interviewed in September 2007 issue of American Scientist magazine about the design of volvelles. WINTERHOUSE IN SVA PODCAST Lecture by Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel at School of Visual Arts is now a podcast. BELOW THE FOLD RECOGNIZED The Winterhouse publication, Below the Fold, wins a bone in the 2006 AIGA Boston Bone Show. PRINT MAGAZINE ON WINTERHOUSE Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel are interviewed in Print Magazine about their redesign for the New Yorker website, as part of the feature "The 2.0 of the Town." (July 2007) DESIGN FOR THE FUN OF IT Winterhouse designs a movie clock for the AIGA DC Chapters' fundraising event. JESSICA HELFAND ON BBC RADIO BBC Radio Five Live interviews Design Observers Jessica Helfand and Adrian Shaughnessy about the new London 2012 Olympic logo designed by Wolff Olins. Full show on RealPlayer here. MP3 of just the interview here. CENTER FOR CURATORIAL LEADERSHIP Winterhouse just designed a modest site for this new organization. Make sure to wait for the grainy blue background images to load. (May 2007) POETRY FOUNDATION WINS WEBBY Poetryfoundation.org, built and designed by Winterhouse, wins 2007 Webby for Best Association Site. CNet says the "feature that no doubt helped push the site to its Webby glory is the Poetry Tool, which allows users to find poems by category, occasion, title, first line or glossary term..." NEXTBOOK WEBSITE REDESIGN Winterhouse launched the redesign of Nextbook, online Jewish literature and culture magazine, on 4/26. MORE WINTERHOUSE AWARDS Two Winterhouse projects, Below the Fold: and Poetry Magazine, were chosen as winners of STEP inside design's "2007 Design 100." (March / April 2007) Below the Fold: was also featured in this month's issue of Creative Review. (April 2007) THE NEW YORKER WEBSITE REDESIGN Winterhouse is pleased to announce that its redesign of The New Yorker website launched 3/8. (The new design was executed by The New Yorker and CondéNast’s MagNet team, and built with the help of Avenue A-Razorfish.) WINTERHOUSE WRITING AWARDS 2007 Deadline for the AIGA Winterhouse Writing Awards is 5/31. Jury includes Allison Arieff, former editor of Dwell and designer-in-residence at IDEO; William Drenttel, chair; Melissa Harris, editor of Aperture; and Bruce Sterling, science fiction novelist and blogger at Wired. TALKS AROUND THE COUNTRY Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel have been on the road doing talks: Aperture Foundation in NYC 2/20 on online photography; AIGA in New Orleans 3/8 on designer collections; AIGA Schools of Thoughts 3 Conference 3/10 on Tataminet patent and 3/11 on the future of design education. NEW BOOK BY MICHAEL BIERUT With Mohawk Papers, Winterhouse Editions is pleased to announce the publication of Forty Posters for the School of Architecture by Michael Bierut. Available January. POLLING PLACE PHOTO PROJECT An initiative by Winterhouse Institute, this project seeks to photograph every polling place in America on November 7. For more information, go here and here. WINTERHOUSE GRANTED US PATENT 7,124,360 On October 17, Winterhouse was granted a rare design patent for TatamiNet, "a method and system for computer screen layout based on the recombinant geometric modular structure and proportions of the traditional Japanese tatami mat." JESSICA HELFAND BECOMES NEW STAMP ADVISOR We are pleased to announce that Jessica Helfand has been named to the Postal Service Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, responsible for evaluating the subjects and designs for all U.S. postage stamps. More. WINTERHOUSE WRITING AWARDS The Winterhouse Institute and AIGA are pleased to announce the recipients of the first Winterhouse Awards for Design Writing & Criticism—Thomas de Monchaux and Katherine Feo. DESIGNISM On September 22, Jessica Helfand participated in the Designism panel discussion sponsored by the Art Director's Club. Listen to the podcast here. Reviews here, here and here. WINTERHOUSE DOES WILLIAM SAFIRE The September 3, 2006 issue of The New York Times Magazine featured artwork for the William Safire "On Language" column. The subject was online political extremists, commonly known as Moonbats and Wingnuts. Custom lettering by Fiona Drenttel, junior staff at Winterhouse. MAIRA KALMAN MISSPELLS POETRY Poetry Magazine's summer issue featured cover art by Maira Kalman. To accommodate her wry humor, the name of the magazine was changed for this issue. WALTER CRONKITE: FILM TITLES FOR PBS Don Hewitt, Molly Ivins and David Frost are just a few of the veteran journalists who share their views of the man they call the most trusted man in America: Walter Cronkite. Catherine Tatge directs this 90-minute documentary on Cronkite's prolific life and work, with titles designed by Jessica Helfand and Cavan Huang. Produced for American Masters, the film airs July 26 on PBS. SCRAPBOOKING AT THE SMITHSONIAN At the Smithsonian National Museum of American History on July 23, Jessica Helfand will give a short talk called “Historical Aesthetics and Design of Scrapbooks.” NEW HONORS FOR WINTERHOUSE Winterhouse is featured among many other distinguished designers in Idea magazine, No. 316. Also, Winterhouse's senior designer, Geoff Halber, is an honoree for Art Director's Club Young Guns 5 competition. Winterhouse has recently also won awards from the AIGA, Art Director's Club, Type Director's Club and ID Magazine for Below the Fold:, and from STEP Design 100 for Susan Sontag's Literature is Freedom. Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel were interviewed on "Design Matters" with Debbie Millman, broadcast April 14, 2006 on Voice America Business. REINVENTING THE WHEEL IN PAPERBACK Jessica Helfand's Reinventing the Wheel has been released in paperback by Princeton Architectural Press. Library Journal says "this thoroughly unusual book will delight graphic, information and book designers." Vanity Fair says, "You'll never look at a Ritz cracker the same. . ." Popular Mechanics calls it "an informative, fun and, at times, funny book that will be welcomed by history and technology buffs alike." Dwell calls it "a joyous and unabashed celebration." Meanwhile, Chip Kidd simply says "it's the greatest thing since the invention of the wheel." MORE ERROL MORRIS Winterhouse recently designed this poster for "Nub City," a feature film in development by Errol Morris. WINTERHOUSE WRITING AWARDS Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel are pleased to announce the Winterhouse Awards for Design Writing & Criticism, a new initiative of AIGA and the Winterhouse Institute. These awards include a $5,000 writing award and a $1,000 student award, and will be juried by Jessica Helfand, Kurt Andersen, Julie Lasky and Meghan O'Rourke. The deadline is June 30, 2006. Information. Poster PDF. POETRY FOUNDATION ON THE WEB Announcing the redesign of the largest website ever built about poetry. One feature is the powerful poetry search engine, Poetry Tool. YALE LAW JOURNAL REDESIGN Winterhouse redesigned the Yale Law Journal using Matthew Carter's new typeface, Yale. The redesign issue appeared in October 2005. BELOW THE FOLD: The Winterhouse Institute is pleased to announce the first issue of Below the Fold:, an occasional journal of design and visual culture. This issue features disaster needlepoints, urban bollards, security strategies, poison labels, and a caution-tape dress. WINTERHOUSE WINS BOOK AWARD Lasting Impressions, a catalog from the Grolier Club distributed by the University of Chicago, won the 2005 Connecticut Book Award for Design 20/20 At AIGA's national conference in September 2005, Jessica Helfand presented ABC's John Stossel on the three most important design mistakes Americans make. MYSTERY LAUNCH Winterhouse Editions is proud to announce the publication of Siri Hustvedt's new collection of art criticism essays, Mysteries of the Rectangle. VOLVELLES KEEP ON ROLLING Selections from Jessica’s volvelles collection, donated to Yale University's Arts of the Book Collection, appear in a current exhibition at Yale's Sterling Memorial Library. THREE OF FIFTY Three Winterhouse publications have been selected as winners in the 2005 AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers competition! Appearing in the Book category, we are proud to announce the inclusion of The End, Lasting Impressions, and Multi-Purpose. DOG BISCUITS MATTER The Winterhouse publication of Susan Sontag’s Literature is Freedom wins in the 2005 AIGA BoNE Show! Also selected for recognition: Lasting Impressions. POETRY MAGAZINE RELAUNCHES April's issue of Poetry launches the Winterhouse redesign of the oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world. WINTERHOUSE PUTS POETRY ONLINE Announcing the launch of three major new poetry websites: poetryfoundation.org poetrymagazine.org americanlifeinpoetry.org THE PUPPIES HAVE ARRIVED! Ruby gave birth April 2 to six healthy puppies, three girls and three boys. STUDIO 360 ON NPR 2.12.05 Jessica appeared on Kurt Andersen's Studio 360 to discuss design's influence on The Incredibles. Listen to the archived broadcast here. NEXTBOOK WINS BLOG AWARD Nextbook.org wins Best Literary/Book Blog in The Best of Blogs Awards 2004. Winterhouse designs the site in partnership with RubyStudio. THE END WINS Winterhouse is pleased to announce its newest publication—The End: Hamburg 1943, by Hans Erich Nossack—published with University of Chicago Press. It’s already an award-winner: the American Association of University Presses has bestowed a book design award for 2005 upon this slim volume. TWO MILLION SERVED Design Observer is pleased to announce that it has passed a milestone of 2 million site visits since its launch in October 2003. DO now has over 250,000 site visits each month and is still growing! MAPLE SYRUP A HIT Announcing the first vintage of fine maple syrup produced from maple trees on the grounds of Winterhouse Studio. SOLD OUT. REVIEWING PARIS Announcing the Winterhouse website redesign for The Paris Review, the 51-year-old literary magazine founded by George Plimpton. LITERATURE IS FREEDOM Winterhouse is pleased to announce the publication of Literature is Freedom, a new book by Susan Sontag. PRIZE-WINNING MILK Winterhouse teams up with Hautboy Hill Farm to win at Litchfield County Fair. DESIGN THINKERS 2004 10.22.04 Jessica and William presented The Winterhouse Library at this Ontario, Canada design conference. ACCLAIM FOR NEXTBOOK Nextbook.org wins 2004 Web Award for outstanding achievement in website development. WINTERHOUSE MOVES ON This ad for MoveOn ran in The New York Times on Monday, August 30, to coincide with the opening of the 2004 Republican Convention. Designed with Pentagram, this ad is the print extension of Errol Morris's much-talked-about "Switch" television campaign in which former Bush supporters explain why they're voting for Kerry in 2004. (For a full-size pdf, click the thumbnail below.) WINTERHOUSE LEAVES IMPRESSIONS Lasting Impressions, the first detailed illustrated overview of The Grolier Club's world-renowned collections on the art and history of the book published by Winterhouse Editions. Available for viewing in Recent Projects. STEMMING THE SPREAD OF EXTREMISM In partnership with Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Winterhouse Editions publishes Exporting Extremism, an excerpt from PPFA President Gloria Feldt’s The War on Choice. Available for viewing in Recent Projects. WINTERHOUSE DOES SOCIAL RESEARCH Social Research, the international quarterly of the social sciences from New School University, debuts its Winterhouse redesign in the Spring 2004 issue, "Courage." WHAT IS GRAPHIC DESIGN? New AIGA site features Winterhouse film defining graphic design. MAINE COLLEGE OF ART: DESIGN INQUIRY 2004 Jessica and William are among a selected faculty participating in a 5-day symposium and workshop which will examine the proposition: Truth and Message. Portland, Maine, June 13-18, 2004. More information. INCITE/INSIGHT 4.15.04 William to speak at AIGA Chicago's Incite/Insight event. WINTERHOUSE SELLS MOVIE RIGHTS Sidney Pollack has paid Winterhouse for the right to use The National Security Strategy as a prop on Nicole Kidman's bedside table in his upcoming feature The Interpreter, a suspenseful thriller of international intrigue set inside the political corridors of the United Nations. THE LEONARD LOPATE SHOW 4.6.04 Jessica appeared on WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show to discuss her exhibition at the Grolier Club, Volvelles: The Magnificent Art of Circular Charting. Listen to the archived broadcast here. "TAKE SOME VERSES FOR A SPIN" 4.6.04 Volvelles: The Magnificent Art of Circular Charting reviewed in The Christian Science Monitor. FUTURE REVOLUTIONS 4.1.04 Jessica Helfand essay featured on AIGA NY website. DESIGN OBSERVER IN THE BOSTON GLOBE 3.28.04 DesignObserver's ampersand debate makes news in Boston. Read Jessica's post: The DNA of AND. CONTACT WINTERHOUSE desk [at] winterhouse [dot] com 860.824.5040