Alice’s Adventures in Alt-Text Land
Down the Rabbit Hole Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do:…
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Just your type – new font formats come to InDesign
The most interesting new feature of InDesign 2020 – the latest major update of our industry standard page layout software from Adobe – was the…
88 mentions of Brexit. The election manifestos are published.
We are now halfway though the six-week build-up before the 2019 UK General Election and this is the week that all the major political parties…
Can design thinking transform your publishing strategy?
Wednesday 13 November saw another packed house at the Century Club in London, for the last BookMachine Unplugged event of 2019. Hosted by BookMachine Editorial…
Cover designer interview: Anna Woodbine of The Woodbine Workshop
Anna Woodbine is an independent book designer and illustrator, based in the hills near Bath. She works on all sorts of book covers from children’s…
Keeping publishing flexible through outsourcing: interview with Just Content
Melody Dawes is the Managing Director of Just Content. With 20 years’ experience in educational and academic publishing, she set up Just Content in 2013,…
Content vs. Design: a tug of war?
Working in ELT, Content and Design should have a symbiotic relationship. The design supports the content and the content works effortlessly within the parameters of…
Vector graphics: a no-nonsense guide
Rich Hardiman, founder of Comic Printing UK, tweets about everything from the best way to format a bleed to Taylor Swift’s latest album, providing useful…
Working together: the Calverts design and printing co-operative
Calverts is a graphic design and printing co-operative based in the East End of London. It was set up as a common ownership co-operative in…
Design case study: illustrating The Dragon in the Library
It takes a village – or at least a team – to produce a book, and in this article, author Louie Stowell, Nosy Crow designer…
Cover design case study: Don’t Hold My Head Down
It’s a privilege to do what I do. I love having an idea and seeing it become a book cover. Every now and then, a…