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Adobe Creative Cloud & You
Joe Zeff will be on stage at a Society of Publication Designers event next week in New York City to help designers better understand Adobe's new Creative Cloud offering.Adobe Worldwide Design...
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Adobe Shines Spotlight on JZD
Adobe shines its spotlight on Joe Zeff Design today, promoting a series of higher education events featuring company president Joe Zeff, an Adobe TV episode about the studio, and an extended post on...
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Universities and Apps
Joe Zeff Design took part in an Adobe Education event in Baltimore yesterday focused on Adobe Digital Publishing Suite and its potential impact on universities. The takeaway: DPS is not just a way to...
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JZD FAQ
The phone rings. And rings. And rings. Inevitably we get a lot of the same questions. To help our prospective clients make the best decisions, we hereby provide our best answers: Why make an app?• To...
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An App for the Gipper
The most legendary team in college football now has an iPad app to match. The University of Notre Dame's official app for all of its athletics programs, designed and developed by Joe Zeff Design, is...
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Next Stop . . . Manhattan!
Joe Zeff Design relocates from Montclair to Manhattan for two straight weeks in October, the first of many tour stops as JZD takes its show on the road. Over the next year we intend to set up shop in...
View ArticleHow to Save Tablet Magazines
Jon Lund makes some good points in his essay “Why tablet magazines are a failure.”Tablet magazines need not fail. Here’s how to save them.1. Make tablet magazines more focused. Consumers may not...
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JZD means BUSINESS
The iPad is changing the way companies do business, and changing the way that Joe Zeff Design serves its clients' needs.PowerPoints are being replaced by interactive presentations that can be...
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Looking Ahead to 2014
What we're looking forward to in 2014 . . .Smarter apps. Technologies like iBeacon will help apps deliver more relevant content to users. iBeacon is an indoor-positioning system through which tiny...
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Enter your best work for SPD 49
Tick, tick, tick . . . only nine days remain to enter your best publication design work, both print and digital, in the Society of Publication Designers' annual competition. The standard rate of $45...
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Official Super Bowl XLVIII Interactive Game Program
The Official Super Bowl XLVIII Interactive Game Program, an iPad app published by the National Football League, is available today in the iTunes App Store.The app was designed and developed by Joe...
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Spies of Mississippi: The Appumentary
Documentary films move us, excite us, awaken us, enrage us. They compel us to act. But for all of their power, they lack the ability to engage us. We watch rapt for an hour or more, and then the...
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The Final Hours of Titanfall
The Final Hours of Titanfall, a news app that goes behind the scenes into the development of this year's blockbuster video game, is now available on multiple platforms.It's available for sale at the...
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What's Next for News?
Will Mumford of The Newspaper Works in Australia interviewed company president Joe Zeff in advance of Joe's presentation at the Future Forum Aug. 20-21 in Sydney. Highlights:What makes a good news...
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Why SPD Matters
A message to the incoming board of directors of the Society of Publication Designers from Joe Zeff as he concludes his three years on the board today.This organization is as relevant as you make...
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Goodbye JZD. Hello ScrollMotion.
Since the introduction of the iPad, Joe Zeff Design has shown people what's possible.We collaborated with Touch Press to design Solar System for iPad, an app in the iTunes Hall of Fame. We launched...
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10 Storytelling Tips for Businesses
Once upon a time, I made my living as a journalist. For The New York Times, Time and other newspapers and magazines, I helped tell stories that made people aware of things they didn’t already know,...
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Hello again JZD.
Joe Zeff Design reopens its doors in Times Square today, focused on integrated storytelling for corporations, publishers, educators and brands. Integrated storytelling? What's that?You still making...
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Beyond NYT 2020: Visual Journalism Isn't Enough
The New York Times yesterday released an exhaustive report that prescribes changes intended to carry the news organization into 2020 and beyond. A key recommendation: turn up the visuals. I am proud...
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Separating the Story from the Telling
I tell stories for a living, mostly on behalf of companies eager to convey their brand promise to others.Many companies struggle to get their message across. They create materials that are uninspired,...
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