FDR Magazine is a collaborative effort between GR Wyse & Company, Garcia Media,
and the Architects, Designers, and Artisans of the West Coast of Florida. Florida
Designers Review (FDR) is the result of the brightest print media strategists combining
knowledge assets with highly effective online marketers to fill a void within shelter
magazine publications from Florida.
Garcia Media
To date, more than 500 organizations worldwide have trusted the Garcia Media team
with helping communicate their message more effectively. The firm’s successes with
The Wall Street Journal, The Miami Herald, and Die Zeit, have given it an unparalleled
reputation in newspaper design, and the same successful philosophy of thinking like
the audience has crossed over to magazines, web sites and corporate communications.
Mario Garcia — Editor
Mario has managed redesign projects for over 100 newspapers and magazines, including
The Wall Street Journal, The Miami Herald, Liberation (France) and Hispanic Business
magazine. He has also led multimedia convergence projects for La Tribune in Paris
and Dow Jones in Europe and Asia. Recently, he helped launch two new Hispanic newspapers
in Tampa (Centro Mi Diario) and San Diego (Diario Latino). He is a trained lawyer
and journalist and an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of South
Florida.
John Miller — Design Director
John has worked as an art director and editor at numerous publications, including
Vanity Fair, HarperCollins, and Esquire. In the past 20 years, he has helped several
companies re-engineer or launch print and online publications, among them Amazon,
MSNBC, The New Yorker, TV Guide, Target, The Los Angeles Times, Bank of America,
and the IRS.