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Editorial
News, interviews and features on all things editorial including book and magazine launches, book cover design and editorial rebrands.
BIPOC visual culture journal Seen launches with “irreverent” design
The new twice-annual journal of film and visual culture takes some aesthetic cues from academia, while flipping others completely, according to its designer.
Pentagram redesigns The New Republic to match its “forward-thinking content”
Eddie Opara and his team have created a typographic identity for the New York-based liberal journal and its accompanying website.
How Javier Jaén plays with everyday objects in his “symbolic” editorial work
The Barcelona-born graphic designer and his “playful” editorial portfolio is the subject of a new Counter-Print book.
Ben Tallon’s new book shows the “underbelly” of British street-level culture
The illustrator-turned-writer is self-publishing his new book, which features 21 illustrated stories inspired by everyday objects found on British streets.
David Pearson: “We can be braver with book design in the UK”
The former Penguin in-house designer talks typographic tips, avoiding apologetic design and why authors care so much about how their books look today.
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in October
Designers have a pop-up garden, a deep dive into British logos, the Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition and more to see them into the autumn months.
Winners of Penguin Student Design Award 2020 revealed
The 14th edition of the competition saw more than 2,000 entries from students designing covers for The Night Manager, A Short History of Nearly Everything and Goodnight Mister Tom.
Getting to know Marylou Faure and the “strong and feminine” women she draws
The Parisian illustrator is well-known for her playfully proportioned women and colourful characters — but where does this style come from?
D&AD Awards 2020 reveals winners including four Black Pencil awards
Two of this year’s top prizes were design awards, including the first ever Black Pencil for a typography entry from a London-based foundry.
Gay Times redesigned as it switches to quarterly publishing schedule
The “untraditional” new look, created by its in-house design team, includes bigger page dimensions, updated Pantones and “unapologetic” typography.
David Pearson revisits Penguin’s Great Ideas book series with 20 new covers
Some 25 years on from its first launch, the series dedicated to great thinkers and philosophers is being updated with 20 more titles.
Resources magazine has been redesigned to make the environment “accessible”
The visual refresh hopes to make the data-heavy environmental and energy resources magazine stand out from its competitors.
In-house teams: Penguin Creative on building “design legacy” into its future
As part of our series looking at in-house design teams, we speak to Penguin Creative creative director Tim Lane about keeping the publisher looking and feeling relevant.
From branding to Bake Off: inside the delicious world of food illustration
We ask three food illustrators working in editorial, branding and television about their inspirations, styles and the recipe for good work.
Penguin reveals shortlist of Student Design Award 2020
A total of 30 book cover designs for The Night Manager, A Short History of Nearly Everything and Goodnight Mister Tom have been unveiled.
Design Week’s favourite projects from graduate season so far – part two
Graduate season is in full swing now, so we’ve rounded up our favourite projects from the most recently opened online showcases.
Design inspiration: the best projects from July
This month we were enamoured with offerings from across the design spectrum, from minimalist signage and intricate book illustrations, to sleek lighting and bold large-scale installations.
Using a zine to capture the “coronavirus zeitgeist” of creatives in lockdown
Bleached sees more than 40 designers and artists muse on their lives during the coronavirus pandemic.
Design Week’s favourite projects from graduate season so far
The Class of 2020 has had an unprecedented end to their university careers but the work from this year’s grad shows impresses all the same – here’s our favourites so
From “cinematic” to “ominous”: the possibilities of online editorial design
Designers from the New York Times and The Atlantic magazine talk online projects, creating “cinematic” experiences and what print can learn from digital.
Design Week Awards 2020 — the shortlist in full
We’re excited to announce the full shortlist for our awards below. Stay tuned later in the month for our winners showcase, which will be revealed here on the site as
“Even 45 years on it feels futuristic”: The return of NASA’s beloved Worm
The past weekend saw the return of NASA’s well-loved wordmark, after nearly three decades of retirement – to celebrate, publishing outfit Standards Manual have launched a new book.
BFI invites designers and illustrators to reimagine classic films
Three new books and 17 reissued titles will be released later this month as part of the BFI’s Film Classics series, all with new cover designs.