{{Short description|American design magazine (1954–2010)}} {{For|the British fashion magazine|i-D}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use American English|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox magazine | title = I.D. | image_file = | editor = | frequency = Eight times a year | category = Architecture | company = F+W Media | founded = 1954 | lastdate = 2010 | country = United States | based = | issn = 0894-5373| }} '''''I.D.''''' (''The International Design Magazine'') was a magazine covering the art, business, and culture of design. It was published eight times a year by F+W Media.<ref name=nat>{{cite news|title=A Guide to Magazines that Have Ceased Publication|url=http://adage.com/article/media/a-guide-magazines-ceased-publication/132779/|access-date=9 October 2013|newspaper=Adega|date=15 December 2009|author=Nat Ives}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=I.D. Magazine to cease publication|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/property/house-and-home/id-magazine-to-cease-publication-5512824.html|access-date=December 23, 2015|work=The Independent|date=December 16, 2015}}</ref>
==History== ''I.D.'' was founded in 1954<ref name=fwc>{{cite web|title=I.D. Magazine re-launches as online design showcase|url=http://www.fwcommunity.com/press-room/i-d-magazine-re-launches-as-online-design-showcase|work=FW Community|access-date=November 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=14 Essential Magazines for Graphic Designers|url=http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/01/14-essential-magazines-for-graphic-designers/|access-date=August 22, 2016|work=Web Designer Depot|date=January 14, 2009}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> as ''Industrial Design''. The name was later abbreviated to an initialism; in the 1980s, the initials came to stand for ''International Design'' to reflect the magazine's broadened scope.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Frozen Pictures?|author=Lasky, Julie|author2=VanPatter, GK|url=http://www.nextd.org/02/07/01/index.html |year=2005|journal=NextD Journal|issue=7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210024048/http://nextd.org/02/07/01/index.html|archive-date=February 10, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Since 1954, the magazine published the Annual Design Review, a juried design competition curated by ''I.D.'' staff and industry practitioners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idonline.com/adr/|title=Annual Design Review|work=IDOnline.com (official I.D. website)|access-date=July 24, 2007}}</ref>
''I.D.'' won five National Magazine Awards: three for General Excellence (1995, 1997, 1999), one for Design (1997), and one for Special Interests (2000).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.magazine.org/Editorial/National_Magazine_Awards/Searchable_Database/index.cfm|title=National Magazine Awards Database of Past Winners and Finalists|work=Magazine Publishers of America|access-date=July 24, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070629144145/http://www.magazine.org/Editorial/National_Magazine_Awards/Searchable_Database/index.cfm|archive-date=June 29, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Last Page|url=http://adage.com/article/media/a-guide-magazines-ceased-publication/132779/|access-date=July 28, 2015|work=Advertising Age|date=December 15, 2009}}</ref>
The last issue of ''I.D.'' was published in January/February 2010.<ref>{{cite news|author=Allan Chochinov|title=I.D. Magazine to cease publication|url=http://www.core77.com/posts/15510/id-magazine-to-cease-publication-15510|access-date=December 23, 2015|work=Core77|date=December 15, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/this-just-in-i-d-magazine-folds/|title=This Just In: I.D. Magazine Folds|work=MediaBistro.com|access-date=October 19, 2007|archive-date=October 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023104513/http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/this-just-in-i-d-magazine-folds_b7620|url-status=live}}</ref>
In June 2011, ''I.D.'' magazine was re-launched online in partnership with Behance.<ref name=fwc/> The new ''I.D.'' magazine featured user-submitted designs that were curated to offer examples of innovative work happening today.
By March 2016, the magazine's website had been shut down.
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Category:Architecture magazines Category:Defunct magazines published in the United States Category:Interior design magazines Category:Eight times annually magazines published in the United States Category:Industrial design Category:Magazines established in 1954 Category:Magazines disestablished in 2010 Category:Online magazines with defunct print editions Category:Visual arts magazines published in the United States