Why design matters: a photo/twitter blog
On Wednesday night EMC Design kicked off their 25th birthday celebrations in style by partnering with BookMachine to host our event ‘Why design matters: collaborating with your design team’. Our speakers for the night were David Pearson (cover designer behind some of Penguin’s most beautifully designed covers), Dan Franklin (digital publisher at Penguin Random House UK) and Ken Jones (founder of Circular Software).
Here’s a round up of this sell-out night through tweets and pics:
At the first @BookMachine event of the year – #WhyDesign – full house, most exciting!
— Jasmin Kirkbride (@JasminKirkbride) February 10, 2016
@CircularKen taking to the floor @BookMachine #whydesign pic.twitter.com/u1uqOtkPVf
— emcdesign (@emcdesignltd) February 10, 2016
Design try to never break their links. Instead of saving new version, save a COPY #WhyDesign
— bookcareers.com (@bookcareers) February 10, 2016
Design should never say “Lookat me.” It should always say “Lookat this.” #whydesign #bookmachine pic.twitter.com/pJlcIHY0Hv
— Inspired Selection (@Inspiredjobs) February 10, 2016
Solid point from @CircularKen – good design doesn’t need to be fit for all purposes, just the one it’s needed for! #whydesign @BookMachine
— Kristina Bullen(@KristinaBullen) February 10, 2016
@typeasimage has 35 gorgeous slides for his #whydesign @BookMachine talk. pic.twitter.com/ddv0Ky848q
— emcdesign (@emcdesignltd) February 10, 2016
Penguin Archive is arranged chronologically & has 2 of every penguin book #nerdout #WhyDesign ?
— bookcareers.com (@bookcareers) February 10, 2016
A full English breakfast every day: not recommended. Studying design history: recommended. @typeasimage at @BookMachine #WhyDesign
— Jasmin Kirkbride(@JasminKirkbride) February 10, 2016
Book Covers – It’s about finding the appropriate tone for the book. (David Pearson) #whydesign
— Janet Hornsby (@tweetalini) February 10, 2016
Masterful composition. (Not in my photo, sorry.) #whydesign pic.twitter.com/G73XgUkWzB
— Abbie Headon(@AbbieHeadon) February 10, 2016
#whydesign minimally, cos you only need to say something once – don’t draw a banana and write banana underneath @BookMachine @typeasimage
— Lindsey (@lindseyanneuk) February 10, 2016
We don’t have to give everything away in 4 secs: we’ve forgotten we’re there to actively engage with book covers @typeasimage #whydesign
— Jasmin Kirkbride(@JasminKirkbride) February 10, 2016
The relationship to type pulls the reader in. The fonts here didn’t need to be any bigger. #whydesign pic.twitter.com/J3mGHS6jS2
— emcdesign (@emcdesignltd) February 10, 2016
The final speaker is the Digital Publisher @penguinrandom @DigitalDanHouse talking about #whydesign matters to digital products #bookmachine
— Inspired Selection (@Inspiredjobs) February 10, 2016
@DigitalDanHouse says that there is a conversation between the author, designer & reader #whydesign
— emcdesign (@emcdesignltd) February 10, 2016
One of the circumstances where design has been shameful is eBook design. #WhyDesign
— bookcareers.com (@bookcareers) February 10, 2016
Designers are architects of experiences – Dan Franklin #whydesign
— Janet Hornsby (@tweetalini) February 10, 2016
Interested in design related events? – Let us know which (using this poll) and we’ll see what we can do! https://t.co/0JcwR5e5Tl #whydesign
— BookMachine(@BookMachine) February 12, 2016
Head over to our Facebook page for more photos of the event.
Looked like a great night. I’d love to see a more detailed round-up!
Hi Aimee,
It really was a great night!
EMC Design and Inspired Selection both wrote great round-ups of the night.
You can also read all our spearkers’ tips with hashtag #whydesign.
Hope this helps.
Sam