The Power of Icons: A Visual Language for the Digital Age

Icons, stemming from the Greek word "eikōn," meaning "image," are one of the most used graphic elements in our digital age, but their significance can be traced back to the earliest human civilisations. Humans have been conveying messages using symbols and pictures for over 40,000 years, predating the emergence of any written language. Pictorial symbols [...]

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A Warm Welcome To Our New Designers

It's hard to wrap our heads around the fact that September is nearly coming to an end already. This year has brought significant changes and achievements for our team at emc design. We relocated to a new office, or more accurately, returned to our cherished Grade 2 listed building – our beloved barn. Alongside this [...]

Join emc design as a Junior Designer

As we pass the midpoint of the year, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on our progress so far and anticipate what lies ahead for us. 2023 has been an incredibly exciting year so far for emc design. If you've been keeping up with us, you're likely aware that we recently relocated to [...]

Exciting news – EMC Design has relocated!

We are thrilled to announce a major update: emc design has successfully relocated! For those who have been following our journey, you may have already noticed that we have returned to our beloved barn, a stunning grade 2 listed building nestled in the picturesque countryside of Bedfordshire. You might be curious about the reasons behind [...]

Revolutionising Learning and Development: The Power of Micro-Learning in the Age of Information Overload

In today's digital age, our brains are under siege from an overwhelming deluge of information. From the moment we open our eyes in the morning to the time we close them at night, we are relentlessly bombarded with a never-ending stream of facts, pseudo-facts, jibber-jabber, and rumours, all masquerading as information. Our trusty smartphones have [...]

10-20 shortcuts student designers need to know about!

We’re often being asked how we manage to get through so much work and cope with tricky time-scales on our projects. Alongside having an experienced team we also have many processes and systems to help support us in efficient and consistent product in methodologies. No matter how experienced we are, we are constantly learning new [...]

BookMachine CAMPUS: Photo research tips for success: Making the most of media

BookMachine’s 2022 Autumn CAMPUS courses have been released and one of our Art Buyer’s, Lucy has become a BookMachine CAMPUS course tutor! BookMachine CAMPUS is BookMachine’s library of industry-specific visual courses for publishing professionals, who want to gather new, or brush up on their existing skills. The courses are less than an hour in length [...]

Meet Kori – our newest Graduate Junior Designer

In September we launched our second round of our 2022 Graduate Designer Recruitment programme. Over the years we have found it to be one of the best ways to grow as a company and we are so immensely privileged that so many of our fantastic team have progressed with us from their first graduate roles [...]

Hot topics from the ELT Freelancers’ Awayday 2022

EMC Design at the ELT Away Day ELT 2022 Last month our Publishing Services Manager, Kathryn Mitchell, and two of our Production Editors, Sarah Hemfrey and Alicia Martiello, attended the ELT Freelancers’ Awayday based at the VOCO® Oxford Spires Hotel. The event was sponsored by Oxford University Press and delegates included freelancers, publishers, media [...]

Meet Niamh – our newest Graduate Junior Designer

Earlier this summer we launched the first round of our 2022 Graduate Designer Recruitment programme. Our culture is to nurture and develop new industry talent by training graduates in all we do. Over the years we have found it to be one of the best ways to grow as a company and we are so [...]