Fred Woodward

Bio:

Woodward has worked for the past sixteen years as GQ’s Design Director (2001-present), having previously served a similar tenure at Rolling Stone (1987-2001). He has taught... Graphic Design at Parson’s School of Design, conducted workshops at Art Center and The International Center of Photography, lectured world-wide and juried more competitions than he’d care to count. Notable exhibitions of his work were presented in NY and Japan. He has designed memorable art and photo books over the arc of his career for all the major publishers, including Abrams, Assouline, Bullfinch, Little Brown, Random House, and Rizzoli. Woodward and photographer Mark Seliger formed a directing partnership, and together directed music videos for Lenny Kravitz, Natalie Merchant, Joan Osborne, and Shawn Colvin, among others––winning a Clio for Courtney Love & Hole’s ‘Violet.’ They developed the signature look for Gap’s first ever television campaign, and over a two-year run directed a string of commercials starring LL Cool J, Lena Horne, Aerosmith, Run DMC, Luscious Jackson (and others)—shot by legendary cinematographer, Frederick Elmes—and named ‘The Best Commercial Campaign of the Year’ by The New York Times. (1992—2002) Long-time designers have left his team to become Design Directors at New York, Esquire, W, Dwell, Entertainment Weekly, Bloomberg Pursuits, Traveler, Fortune, ESPN, More, Outside, Bon Appetit, Glamour, Golf Digest, Martha Stewart Living, and The New Republic.Read More

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Design

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GQ Magazine

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Awards:

Rolling Stone’s ‘Generation Next’ special issue was awarded the Society of Publication Designers ‘Best of Show’—the first and only year it was given. (1994) He has... been honored with lifetime achievement awards from The Type Directors Club and The Society of Illustrators. (1997/2006) At the end of his first full year, GQ won SPD’s ‘Magazine of the Year’ for Woodward’s redesign. (2002) He was inducted into The Art Directors Hall of Fame, the youngest inductee in the organization’s then 87-year history. (1996) At the institute’s first ever ‘Design Legends Gala’, he was awarded his profession’s highest honor, the AIGA Medal, in recognition of his distinguished achievements and contributions to the field. (2004) He was named the most influential magazine designer of the past 25 years by Fast Company. (2011)Read More