bravo!

Certainly my favorite page of the year.

Wait, wait...what won here? The illustration? The headline? The copy layout? Or is it just the white space?

A well-deserved gold. Congrats!

thank you for posting this again, we all appreciate it!

:)

Fool's gold.

This is one of the most beutigul front pages ever published. Amazing.A real Gold.

I don't buy it!!
for a gallery is OK, but not for readers, save it!
look the wonderful EL ECONOMISTA, POLITIKEN, ARIPAEY that is design. Nobody talk to about it, no any american newspaper in the first 4 places that is soooo bad, nobody want talk to about it? strange...save your Picasso page

Muy buena página, bien merecido haber ganado la medalla de Oro.

Felicidades!!!

Muy buena página, bien merecido haber ganado la medalla de Oro.

Felicidades!!!

What's with the 911 emergency call reference?

Five years later the call for help is unanswered?

Or does it mean no one knows the cause of this sad episode a half-decade later?

Is this a front page? Of what newspaper?

It looks like a house ad.

Did anybody think about the reader?

Oh, my. Sad.

what's so special? another example of design exclusively for designers.

Why do so many of you posters think your readers aren't smart enough to get this image. As a reader I love the moment it takes to pause, absorb the image and then....yes! I get it. Beautiful.

A house ad - I don't think so. Stop under estimating your consumer

First you don't know id the reader is smart enough, we work for any reader not only smart that is discrimination body, learn, you have to design for readers not for yourself, print your own book, and no pause in this hurry world, one sugestion, print this page, put a frame and put in your wall forever...fanatic.

First, this page is fantastic. It has so many meanings. We talk about giving the reader something to focus on, and then criticize this page. We are contradicting ourselves. We tookt out the clutter and told everyone, on the 5th anniversary of the worst attack on U.S. soil, this is the best news of the day. It also represents the somberness of the event. I don't need to tell anyone what this image means. Sam Hundley and the V-P should stand up and take a bow. Even though it's one simple page, it represents so many angles it is like having seven stories out there. Bravo.

I think the debate over this page reflects the parochialism and blinders under which the newspaper industry operates. Do people who work in it even look at what other media is doing? Case in point: iPod commercials show people dancing on a colorful background, not lengthy lists of features. Why do journalists think a page that tries an equally arty tack is beneath them or designers just showing off? Thankfully, nobody on my team thinks that way.

This page don't talk, 5 lines or 4 + 1, is crazy, is not journalist, for sure not, is art, so put in a gallery but not in the streets, or maybe do a poster and sell it!, is incredible and really piss about this fanatic designers always in defense...
but the readers need news, good presentation, not weird presentation, smart presentation and easy to eat, the people read, they don't have time to get the paper, see the page, pause, think and OHHH my god, is fantastic, after 10 minutes...

it is, without a doubt, a beautiful page with a wonderful image. the question is: does it sell a paper?

Hey Tom . . . can you try that in english? Or at least run it through babelfish for us once?

is a joke!, I hope so, Steve, you are fanatic also
or Picasso, focus in business, guys. and this is not business, is art! you comprende, Cavendishhhh, from Europe..

No sweat, I BabelFished it for Tom (he seemed busy)... so here's his latest missive from English into Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German and eventually back into English (I thought we could dislodge some context from various parts of Europe that way). If you imagine Yoda saying, it's almost inspirational in a mystical sort of way. You can try and decipher your own meaning:

"it is a joke, I hopes consequently, Steve, you that they are fanatisch moreover or Picasso, medium in the trade, private individuals and this one is not, is the trade art! included/understood, Cavendishhhh, of Europe."

Just sayin'

Congratulations on the honor. The page really is very creative.

For me, it's just not my favorite page. It's nothing personal -- I just don't feel it.

finally somebody agree with me

So, how's that computer repair buisness working out for you, "Tom," since you seem unable to get work in journalism any more?

that was really funny, I'm publisher, newspapers and magazine business in L.A. but sometimes I like to repair my computer, maybe you want a freelance job, Mr. david. who you are? my arrogant friend.
And still, my marketing staff can't sell any ad with this page, so kill it!

OK Tom we get it - you don't have a life, your a publisher of many publications but you have plenty of time to post endlessly over 3 days about a page you don't like. Your comments are no longer about design and have degenerated into a bitter tirade that makes you sound boorish and ignorant.

Perhaps you'd like to list your publications so we can all see the kind of work you produce...

If not why don't you step away from your computer and go bother someone else. Surely you can find a live person to annoy.

yes, I have plenty time, always, and I have time to see how the designers don't think in business just they don't care, where the money come for their salaries, they don't care how everyday salesman try to sell ads, and this is the newspaper business. So please think at least one minute about it,

I don't necessarily agree with Tom's comments, but I'm surprised at the visceral reaction. Alan Jacobson makes a similar point quite often: Serve the readers, sell the newspapers. In this case, I think this page does that. It tells the story in memorable fashion. The story was about pausing for a moment to think about what the date meant. This page is all about that. And it's still being talked about months later.

Bravo to Sam one more time!! Congrats!!

The consistent harping from folks who don't like this page just kind of makes me scratch my head. I don't understand, it's a waste of time. You don't like it. OK, that's fine of course. So...move on, now?

I agree with Brian.

I never said I didn't like it. I don't think it deserves gold, although I do congratulate the designer for such an honor.

I was mainly referring to Tom and some people in the original post. :)

What a page! It deserves the gold. The execution is top-notch. (What do you expect? It's the VP!!)The simplicity of the design has layers of meaning. Yup, it may take the reader a moment for them drink it in, but don't worry nay-sayers have a little faith. Readers aren't as dumb as you think they are. I bet VP readers understood this page!! Congrats on an award well-deserved.