Tim Shaw has been named Key Media & Research’s newest art director.
Tim Shaw has been named Key Media & Research’s newest art director.

Key Media & Research (KMR), publisher of PPFMag and the Focus on PPF/CC e-newsletter, hired Tim Shaw as its newest art director.

Shaw has over two decades of experience as an independent, creative-minded designer, delivering cutting-edge design solutions across magazines, marketing materials and print advertising. From 2010-24, he operated an independent design firm, serving as the graphic designer for magazines such as Home Design & Decor, Cordillera Ranch Living and Art Culture Fun. From 2003-08, he served as creative director for Pixelworks Inc., designing the firm’s flagship publications, San Antonio Woman and Denver Woman.

Shaw has an associate’s degree in graphic design from the Art Institute of Portland and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Cal Poly Humboldt.

KMR is a provider of research, data and media for and about glass and related industries. In addition to PPFMag and the Focus on PPF/CC e-newsletter, the company publishes USGlass magazine, the USGNN.com daily newsletter, AGRR™ magazine, the glassBYTEs™ newsletter, [DWM] magazine and the [DWM] e-newsletter, to Window Film magazine and the Focus on Film e-newsletter. KMR also produces live events, such as Auto Glass Week™, the International Window Film Conference and Tint-Off™ and Glass Expo regional events for the glass and glazing, and door and window industries throughout North America. The company’s research division produces Glassdata.com, the Glass & Glazing Outlook and many customized reports.

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