OR Magazine

The wait is over. After being re-approved by Apple, OR Magazine's Spring 2012 issue is now available for free download at the iTunes App Store.

In addition to 10 interactive story spreads, the Spring 2012 issue features a video cover of mixed martial arts fighter Nathan Wallner boxing with the screen, making it appear as though he is fighting the reader. The issue also includes a masthead incorporating animated GIFs of the magazine's staff. Check out this behind-the-scenes video to see how we did it.

Missed some of our #uotablettalk guest speaker recaps? Read them all here.

On Saturday June 3, OR Senior Multimedia Editor Collin Golden traveled to an abandoned alley in Eugene, Oregon for a video shoot with MMA fighter Nathan Wallner.

We're thrilled to announce that we'll be revealing our Spring 2012 issue at the OR Magazine Release Party June 6 from 2-3:30 pm in Agate Hall Auditorium at the University of Oregon. Anyone is welcome to attend. We will have iPads available at the party that guests can use to explore our publication. Who: OR Magazine What: Spring 2012 Release Party When: 2:00-3:30 pm Where: 1787 Agate Street, Eugene, Oregon We will be serving refreshments at the event. Drop-ins welcome.

On Thursday May 24, Adobe Certified Instructor Martha Leinroth Skyped in to OR to talk about her work as a Print and Digital Publishing Consultant at Time, Inc. In 2010 she served on the team that developed Time’s first digital magazine for the iPad and in 2011 assisted Time in creating iPad and Android-based tablet versions of their umbrella publications.

Check out our Storify article to get the full scoop, including tweets from the Q&A session.

On Tuesday May 22, famed interactive designers and self-proclaimed 'digital dandies' Kirk and Nate Mueller Skyped in from New York to OR Magazine for 'virtual tea' as part of our 'Tablet Talk' guest speaker series. We were extremely charmed, to say the least. The Brothers Mueller were part of a small creative team that helped launched the first iPad edition of Martha Stewart Living (Boundless Beauty) which featured a stop-motion cover. The issue won the Tablet App of the Year from the Society of Publication Designers and the cover was named one of the top 10 magazine covers of the year by Time, Inc. Recently, the Brothers helped Newsweek launch its new iPad app.

Check out our Storify article to get the full scoop, including tweets from the Q&A session.

On Thursday May 10, interactive designer Johannes Henseler Skyped in to OR from Düsseldorf, Germany to talk about his work as part of our Tablet Talk guest speaker series. Henseler currently runs Secrets & Happiness of Digital Publishing, a blog dedicated to exploring digital publishing from an editorial design perspective. In 2011, he published Done Magazine for the iPad, which won a 2011 Adobe MAX Award in the competition's digital publishing category.

You can also find him on Vimeo. Check out our Storify article to get the full scoop, including tweets from the Q&A session.

We're currently hosting 'Tablet Talk,' a guest speaker Q&A series that aims to spark conversations between students and mobile publishing professionals about designing and conceptualizing interactive stories and features for mobile devices. 

Watch this video to see how Communications Manager Maya Lazaro is using various social media platforms to engage with guest speakers and promote the series.

Look for the hashtag #uotablettalk to follow the conversations on Twitter.

On Tuesday May 8, lainformacion.com Digital Narratives Director Chiqui Esteban Skyped in from Madrid, Spain to talk to our class about creating interactive stories as part of our 'Tablet Talk' guest speaker series. As Digital Narratives Director at lainformacion.com, Esteban is responsible for creating stories using infographics, video, text, and whatever other means he feels appropriate. In the past he has has done iPad app consulting work for Le Monde, Paris Match, Elle á Table, Corriere della Sera, Gazetta dello Sport, and the International Herald Tribune. He has also made interactive graphics for Univision and CNN en Español.

Check out our Storify article to get the full scoop, including tweets from the Q&A session.