6 tips for better book design
I’m a book designer. When I introduce myself as such people often ask if I’m an illustrator. Some book designers are skilled illustrators, but, the focus in…
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Judge a book by its cover … and its typesetting
Of course the cover is important – you don’t need me to tell you that, but I think the internal pages of a book are…
How to find your design voice (and keep it)
There are many sources offering practical advice to graphic designers but there is more to good design than knowledge and technical skills. Masterful grid and…
My top 5 tips on designing social media graphics
It’s a fact that posts which are illustrated have a much higher success and click-through rate than those that aren’t. If you want to create smart…
Photos your designer doesn’t want you to send them
Here designer Annette Peppis shares tips on how to supply designers with good pictures.
Taking stock
There is a lot of misunderstanding of what “stock photography” actually means and the phrase is often used to imply negative associations; in fact, whether…
Getting on the brand wagon
When you decide to buy a product based on name rather than on price or other factors, when a product or company name becomes so familiar that…
5 author tips for briefing your designer
Stuart Bache is Art Director of Books Covered, a design agency for publishers, independent authors and literary agents. Here he shares his top tips for authors briefing…
Tips & Tricks: Improving legibility of text on images
One of the fundamental things you can do either as a designer, or someone creating your own materials, is to understand how to get the…
Call for entries: British Book Design and Production Awards 2017
The British Printing Industries Federation, Oxford Brookes University, The Publishers Association, The Bookseller and BookMachine are calling for entries to the British Book Design and…
Virtuality – the visual trends of 2017
We don’t just see images these days, we experience them. Virtuality is just one of Getty Images’ 6 visual trends for 2017 – download the…
Typographic inspiration from Myfonts.com
As a design agency always looking for new ways of being creative and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible within editorial design we’re constantly looking outside of…
Marketing vs Design: Katie Roden interview
Katie Roden is a publishing, marketing and content strategist with 25 years’ industry experience. She is speaking at ‘Marketing vs Design, which matters more?’ on…
Marketing vs Design: Mark Ecob interview
Mark Ecob is Creative Director of cover design company Mecob Design Ltd, Associate Art Director at Unbound, and is speaking at our next event: ‘Marketing vs…
Marketing vs Design: Matt Haslum interview
Matt Haslum is Marketing Director at Faber & Faber and is speaking at our next event: ‘Marketing vs Design, which matters more?’. Before publishing, Matt spent…