News and Announcements
Lapham’s Quarterly
04.05.11 | LQ is nominated for its first ever National Magazine Award for the 2010 issues Religion, Arts & Letters and The City.
NYU Press
03.28.11 | Just launched: A redesigned website for NYU Press, Champion of Great Ideas Since 1916. Check out the latest titles here.
Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
03.07.11 | Democracy launches its new blog: Arguments.
CJR Available on the Kindle
01.10.11 | We launched the Kindle edition of Columbia Journalism Review.
Back to School!
8.01.10 | Point Five redesigns the website for Princeton University's Center for Human Values. We also designed the Center's logo, annual reports, posters and style guide manual.
Summer Intern
7.06.10 | We are thrilled to introduce our summer intern, Karen Kavett. Currently a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, she is set to graduate in 2011 with a degree in Graphic Design. This summer Karen attended VidCon, a conference in Los Angeles that is bringing together some of the biggest names in the online video community.
Graphic Design USA
6.25.10 | A Rhythmic Look for Listen. Check out the June issue of GDUSA or download the pdf here.
Listen: Life with Classical Music
5.01.10 | Listen is named one of the top 10 magazines of 2009 by Library Journal. Download press release here. Check out the latest issue online.
The Paris Review
3.10.10 | The Paris Review is a finalist for a 2010 National Magazine Award in General Excellence.
Magazine’s and Their Websites
3.01.10 | Check out CJR’s report: Magazine’s and Their Websites. We designed over 80 infographics that reveal an overall lack of Web standards.
Society of Publication Design
02.12.10 | Listen magazine received a merit award from the Society of Publication Designers for Demetrios Psillos’ illustration of Valery Gergiev.
Lapham’s Quarterly
11.30.09 | Lapham’s Quarterly was recently profiled in the Arts section of the New York Times, and in the article Lewis reveals our target demographic: "people who wished they had paid more attention in school."
Everyday Balance
9.15.09 | Point Five launches site for Everyday Balance, helping moms, everyday athletes, elite performers, families, runners, and ‘office bodies’ rediscover, rebalance, strengthen and lengthen their bodies.
Washington Monthly’s College Guide
9.2.09 | One-stop-shopping for information about higher education reform: Point Five launches the Washington Monthly’s College Guide website.
Ecofont
8.1.09 | National Geographic asks Alissa about the new Ecofont.
Heidi Latsky Dance: GIMP
7.24.09 | Heidi Latsky Dance performed excerpts of GIMP at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage in Washington, DC. Dance Magazine said, “GIMP is without doubt a gleaming milestone in the progress of contemporary dance and theater, proving that the term “disabled dancer” is an oxymoron.” Learn more about GIMP and Heidi Latsky by downloading the media kit, designed by Point Five (download pdf). Photo by Arthur Fink.
Lapham’s Quarterly
6.1.09 | Finding the past in the present, the present in the past: Point Five launches a new website for Lapham’s Quarterly.
Field Trip!
5.13.09 | Students from Wingspan Arts, a New York City afterschool arts education program, visited our studio. The 4th and 5th graders from the Digital Media class enjoyed looking at our website "before" and "after" designs and talking about the creative process. And we got to meet the next generation of designers and programmers!
Listen: Life with Classical Music
4.1.09 | Launched in the Spring of 2009, Listen is a bimonthly magazine covering people, places and events; recommendations of recordings, books and film; and all the many ways our lives are touched by classical music.
We designed the premiere issue of the magazine and continue to art direct and design subsequent issues. Preview here.
The Paris Review
3.18.09 | The Paris Review has been named a finalist for a 2009 National Magazine Award in fiction. Click links to read excerpts from the nominated stories: “The Lover” by Damon Galgut and “Departure” by Alistair Morgan.
CJR on O’Reilly Factor
02.02.09 | Bill O'Reilly loves our latest issue of Columbia Journalism Review: Video here. Plus, Fox News ambushes CJR's editor, Mike Hoyt, and Jon Stewart doesn't think its funny. UPDATE: 04.02.09 | The paper of record weighs in on Gotcha TV.
Communication Arts
01.21.09 | Communication Arts featured Columbia Journalism Review as today's Website of the Day.
Print 2008 Regional Design Annual
11.01.08 | Point Five's Columbia Journalism Review cover designs are included in the Print 2008 Regional Design Annual.
Gayle’s Chocolates
12.01.08 | Point Five’s holiday bars for Gayle's Chocolates are available at Saks Fifth Avenue: Enjoy the Eight Nights of Hanukkah and Twelve Days of Christmas.
Columbia Journalism Review
11.11.08 | Point Five launches redesign of Columbia Journalism Review’s website.
Communications Partnership
6.1.08 | We are proud to introduce our new Communications Partner, Kate Hartnick Elliott. Kate brings over 20 years of marketing, strategy and copywriting expertise to Point Five. Together we are a one-stop communications team, excelling at both design and copywriting.
Point Five Design has partnered with Hartnick Consulting on projects for Carnegie Corporation of New York and 20,000 Dialogues, the outreach arm of Unity Productions Foundation.
David A. Land Photography
5.15.08 | Many thanks to David, who photographed both our work and portraits for our new site. You can view more of David’s stunning work here.
Constance Eakins’ Book Covers
4.14.08 | Point Five designed four covers for Constance Eakins’, the reclusive author in Nathaniel Rich's novel, The Mayor's Tongue. Check out Eakins’ Paris Review interview here.
Society of Publication Designers Finalist
2.14.08 | Three Point Five designed covers are named finalists by the Society of Publication Designers: The November/ December issue of Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), our “Orwell in '08” cover about rhetoric in politics, CJR’s September/October Books Issue and the Fall 2007 issue of The Paris Review featuring Pablo Escobar documents.
Birdstone Healing
1.15.08 | Point Five launches the website for Birdstone Healing, the private acupuncture practice of Erika Forsell, our dear friend and studio manager of 9 years. We give Erika our highest recommendation and all of our best wishes.
Democracy Wins Utne Independent Press Award
12.18.07 | Democracy: A Journal of Ideas is named Best New Publication by 2007 Utne Independent Press Awards.
Designing Magazines
11.13.07 | Alissa Levin contributed a chapter to Designing Magazines, a book edited by Jandos Rothstein and published by Allworth Press. Check out its blog.
The Paris Review Wins National Magazine Award
5.1.07 | The Paris Review wins a 2007 National Magazine Award for Photojournalism for Jonas Bendiksen’s “Kibera” portfolio. You can view the evocative portfolio documenting life in the Narobi slum here.