BookMachine Logo
  • About
  • Explore
    • BookMachine App
    • BookMachine Blog
      • Audio
      • Business
      • Design
      • Editorial
      • Marketing and Publicity
      • Production & Operations
      • Tech
    • Jobs in Book Publishing
    • BookMachine Editorial Board
  • Membership
  • Publishing Events
  • CAMPUS
    • CAMPUS Video Courses
    • Try a free CAMPUS Course
  • Creative Agency
    • What we do
    • Children’s Publishing
    • Consumer Fiction
    • Consumer Non-Fiction
    • Education
    • Success Stories
    • Whitepapers
      • Book Publishing: Leading the Way
      • The Virtual Sprint Guide
      • Self-Managed Organisations: Giving power to our people

    Shopping Cart

    No products in the cart.

    Sign in Sign up
    BookMachine Logo

    Shopping Cart

    No products in the cart.

    BookMachine Logo
    • About
    • Explore
      • BookMachine App
      • BookMachine Blog
        • Audio
        • Business
        • Design
        • Editorial
        • Marketing and Publicity
        • Production & Operations
        • Tech
      • Jobs in Book Publishing
      • BookMachine Editorial Board
    • Membership
    • Publishing Events
    • CAMPUS
      • CAMPUS Video Courses
      • Try a free CAMPUS Course
    • Creative Agency
      • What we do
      • Children’s Publishing
      • Consumer Fiction
      • Consumer Non-Fiction
      • Education
      • Success Stories
      • Whitepapers
        • Book Publishing: Leading the Way
        • The Virtual Sprint Guide
        • Self-Managed Organisations: Giving power to our people

    Design

    ART, ILLUSTRATION AND PICTURE RESEARCH  | BRANDING  | COVER AND INTERNAL DESIGN  | CREATIVE MEDIA  |  DESIGN BRIEFS |  TYPOGRAPHY


    The Design Stream is supported by:

    Studiolo Secondari logo

    To meet or not to meet

    Grown-up party Meetings are an essential aspect of our professional lives. So much so that when I overheard my then three-year-old daughter Stella advising her…

    Linda Secondari May 23, 2022
    0 Comments

    Wednesday Wisdom: Why brand matters in publishing

    Catch up with our interview with Nicky Borowiec, Freelance Graphic Designer and Brand Creative. During our discussion, discover the importance of bra…
    BookMachine Staff May 4, 2022
    Decorative banner showing a blue bar graph

    Automating repetitive graphs and charts in InDesign

    The adage ‘work smarter, not harder’ often comes to mind when composing documents. Thankfully, scripting can help save the day, as Typefi Senior Scripting Engineer,…

    Peter Kahrel May 2, 2022
    0 Comments
    A man sitting at a counter in his kitchen, smiling into a laptop screen as if on a Zoom meeting

    Five things managers can do to help virtual teams thrive

    As WFH enters into its third year, shouldn’t we be focused on thriving, not just producing? One of my personal goals is to continue to…

    Linda Secondari April 25, 2022
    0 Comments

    Taking the stress out of sales materials with Edelweiss Designer

    There are two million books that are published in the world every year – ever wonder how book buyers choose what goes on the shelf?…

    Joanie Borders April 11, 2022
    header image showing two girls reading a book on a sofa

    All children have the right to read quality books: a report from Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2022

    I was lucky this year to have the chance to attend the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) for the first time. Like most of the…

    Liz Cremona-Howard April 4, 2022

    Ask an agent: How to create an attention-grabbing illustration portfolio

    Starting out as an illustrator can be seriously daunting. You figure out how to draw hands and manage all the Procreate layers – that should…

    Chris Modafferi February 14, 2022

    Four top InDesign tips: Using paragraph styles

    When formatting documents, InDesign users regularly face challenges—many of which can be easily fixed with Paragraph Styles, if you know how. From fixing formatting issues…

    Damian Gibbs January 31, 2022
    1 Comment

    Wednesday Wisdom: Design at Studiolo Secondari

    Watch the replay of our design-centric Wednesday Wisdom Q&A with Linda Secondari, Principal and Creative Director of Studiolo Secondari. During th…
    BookMachine Staff December 14, 2021

    Wednesday Wisdom: Creating inspirational cover designs

    Catch up with our illuminating and inspiring chat with book cover designer and illustrator Micaela Alcaino. During the Q&A, we find out more about…
    BookMachine Staff December 9, 2021

    Work for hire in the design world: an interview with Rebecca Blake of the Graphic Artists Guild

    In this BookMachine blog post, Linda Secondari, our Editorial Board Member for Design, interviews Rebecca Blake, Advocacy Liaison at the Graphic Artists Guild, about work…

    Rebecca Blake November 29, 2021

    Right brain vs. left brain: a designer’s daily dexterity

    Right brain vs. left brain – which one are you? In this article, the BookMachine Editorial Board member for Design, Linda Secondari, gives insights into how…

    Linda Secondari November 22, 2021

    Wednesday Wisdom: Managing the design studio at Cornerstone

    Tune into the recording of our super-inspiring Q&A with Ebyan Egal, Studio Manager at Cornerstone. Find out more about Ebi’s experience as bein…
    BookMachine Staff November 17, 2021

    Cover Design Process: The Right Type

    Serif? Sans serif? Condensed? Old-style? Grotesk? Quirky? Utilitarian? When it comes to selecting the right typeface for a book cover design, it seems there are…

    Jason Alejandro November 15, 2021
    4 Comments
    emc Design Cover Designer

    Cover Designer [JOB POSTING]

    Location: Oakley, Bedfordshire, UK Salary range: £22,500–£28,000 commensurate with experience + benefits Full time, 37.5 hours a week They are looking for a cover designer…

    BookMachine Staff November 4, 2021
    Load More

    Design

    • Home
      • Art, illustration and picture research
      • Branding
      • Cover and internal design
      • Creative Media
      • Design briefs
      • Typography

    The Design Stream is supported by:

    Recent posts

    • To meet or not to meet

    • Thames & Hudson’s TikTok influencer campaign

    • Microphone with Pop Filter in a Studio

      Listen up! A day in the…

    • Five reasons we created the BookMachine…

    • How AI can help you with…

    Mailchimp Partner
    BookMachine We love your books
    © 2022 - BookMachine Ltd. Company no. 12262084.
    • BookMachine Privacy Policy
    • BookMachine Terms of Use
    • Cookie policy (UK)
    • Cookie Policy (EU)
    • Contact us
    • Careers
    • Become a CAMPUS Tutor


    Sign up to our Newsletter

    To meet or not to meet
    Manage Cookie Consent
    We use cookies to make BookMachine work.
    Functional cookies Always active
    The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
    Preferences
    The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
    Statistics
    The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
    Marketing
    The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
    Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
    View preferences
    {title} {title} {title}

    Report

    Harassment or bullying behavior
    Contains mature or sensitive content
    Contains misleading or false information
    Contains abusive or derogatory content
    Contains spam, fake content or potential malware

    Block Member?

    Please confirm you want to block this member.

    You will no longer be able to:

    • See blocked member's posts
    • Mention this member in posts
    • Invite this member to groups
    • Message this member
    • Add this member as a connection

    Please note: This action will also remove this member from your connections and send a report to the site admin. Please allow a few minutes for this process to complete.

    Report

    You have already reported this
      Clear Clear All