With Christmas nearly upon us, I’ve put together a list of books for the designer in your life. Or just treat yourself.
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Team CMYK. Photos: Mike Wilkinson. http://mike-wilkinson.photoshelter.com
There was much excitement last night as CMYK scooped three awards at the PPA Scotland Magazine ceremony.
Aurora, the magazine for Highlands and Islands Airports won Customer Magazine, and FYi, produced for the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland took Best Magazine Design in the business & professional category.
Neil Braidwood, centre, accepts the award for aurora magazine
Matt McArthur, centre, accepts the award for FYi
The much coveted Member Magazine award went to Surgeons’ News, published on behalf of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
John Duncan, editor of Surgeons' News, centre, accepts the award
The V&A have a postmodern exhibition on at the moment. Right up my street. Neville Brody and Terry Jones are talking this Friday about their massive contribution to the magazine culture that flourished in the eighties (sold out I’m afraid). But it got me thinking about the last time Neville Brody was involved with the V&A. It was back in 1988 when there was a retrospective of his work. The book of the exhibition is on every designer’s shelf. Continue reading ‘Telly addict’
TheWeather was sent to me back in September 2010, and I blogged about it then as I was so impressed that a magazine could be created from a subject so British. In fact, it’s us Brits that talk about the weather, but of course it affects the whole world – and that is what gives this magazine such huge appeal. Continue reading ‘Weather forecast’
I have been watching the excitement build for Vintage at the Southbank Centre, which kicks off tomorrow for 3 days of what looks like fantastic fun. I am a self-confessed Festival of Britain nut, so to have the event at the Southbank Centre 60 years after the ground-breaking festival took place there is absolute genius.
Femina: French magazines from the Belle Epoque
We are going all French here at CMYK Towers. Emma, our intern from Biarritz is helping on the advertising side of things, and Benedicte, our freelance designer from Bordeaux is laying a few pages out for Scotland in Trust magazine.
I had a few copies of ground-breaking French magazine Femina, dating from 1906, lying around, so I asked Benedicte to give her opinion. The magazine is still going in fact – Emma knew the title, however, it seems to have morphed into a fairly standard women’s magazine, lacking the identity it had in the early days.
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