MG Redesign has been chosen by the Spokane (Wash.) newspaper for its upcoming redesign, which is slated to launch in early 2006 as the centerpiece of a 50-inch web press project. The new Spokesman-Review will be changed from top to bottom, including several new products that the MG team will help editors in Spokane think through and launch.

"We're delighted to be working with the talented editors, photographers and designers in Spokane," said Matt Mansfield. "This is a newspaper with a rich tradition of visual storytelling; we could not be happier to help add to that tradition."

The MG project team is spearheaded by Mansfield, with Scott Goldman, Denise M. Reagan and Jonathon Berlin doing much of the central design work. Reagan will also create the newspaper's new style guide.

Geoff Pinnock, The Spokesman-Review's presentation editor, will be the on-site project manager for the redesign effort, working closely with the MG team on all aspects of the changes.

Hoefler & Frere-Jones type foundry has been selected as the source for all of the newspaper's new typography. And reknowned type designer Jim Parkinson will create the redrawn Spokesman-Review nameplate.

The MG team has been working with Spokane editors since March to rethink the newspaper. Look for more details on the redesign here and in your registration bags at the Society for News Design's annual workshop in Houston in early October.