Updated: New York Magazine's New iPad App
New York magazine rolled out its new iPad app today, and one reviewer went so far as to describe it as "the future of print + digital publishing."We don't think so. (NYMag GM Michael Silberman's...
View ArticlePanoramic Photography on the iPad
You've seen panoramic photography on real estate websites, Google Street View, and your own iPhone. Now it's coming to your iPad, infused with hotspots, audio, video, 3D renderings and other media that...
View ArticleThe Mutant Library
Joe Zeff Design is proud to present its latest iPad app, a collaboration with the Maryland Institute College of Art that demonstrates the power of Adobe Digital Publishing Suite when placed in the...
View ArticleJZD at Adobe MAX . . . and beyond
Joe Zeff Design and its clients will be showcased during several Adobe events over the next two weeks that we're excited to announce.President Joe Zeff will present at Adobe MAX in Los Angeles on...
View ArticleAdobe MAX: A Report
Adobe offers up new tools and new toys at its Adobe MAX conference in Los Angeles this week. Here's the latest, and how it impacts designers:• If you're waiting for Creative Suite 7, wait no more, as...
View ArticleA Better Fast Company App
Over the past year we've worked with Fast Company magazine to design and develop an iPad edition that embodies the spirit of its brand — bold, innovative and forward-thinking. The app is one of six...
View ArticleAdobe 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...
View ArticleAdobe 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...
View ArticleJZD Hires Neil Jamieson As Creative Director
Joe Zeff Design proudly announces that Neil Jamieson has been hired to be its first-ever Creative Director.Neil comes to Joe Zeff Design from Time Inc., where as Design Director of Money magazine he...
View ArticleUniversities 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...
View ArticleJZD 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...
View ArticleAn 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...
View ArticleNext 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...
View ArticleJZD 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...
View ArticleChanges at Joe Zeff Design
The past three years at Joe Zeff Design have been supersonic. We've increased staffing from three to eight, and watched our revenues grow as publishers, corporations and universities came calling for...
View ArticleLooking 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...
View ArticleEnter 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...
View ArticleOfficial 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...
View ArticleSpies 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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