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 [...]

Why creative assets matter: BookMachine’s final Unplugged event of 2020

It's true what they say, illustrations and images really can make or break a publication. No matter how great the typography is or how beautifully written the words are, if the creative assets don't deliver you will only have half a product! On Wednesday 11th November join me (Sophie) and an amazing panellist of speakers [...]

Join EMC Design at the IPG’s Virtual Autumn Conference

We are really excited to be exhibiting at the IPG's Virtual Autumn Conference next Wednesday 21st October. It will be a first for us both in terms of exhibiting with our own booth but also it being a virtual one. So please do come and say hello! We'd love to chat with you to see [...]

By |2020-10-14T13:14:27+01:00October 14th, 2020|Categories: Design, Educational Publishing, Events, Publishing|0 Comments

What we are excited about seeing at BETT2020

Bett is the leading education technology show in the UK bringing together 800 companies, over 100 start-ups and 34,000 attendees in four days between 22-25th January 2020 at London’s ExCeL. This year Bett will focus on major trends in EdTech including virtual reality, artificial intelligence, STEAM learning and diversity and inclusion. This is our rundown [...]

First place prize (for design) in the New York Book Show

Last week we received some excellent news – Oxford Skills World: Reading with Writing, a course that we designed with the Oxford University Press ELT team in New York, won a first place prize (for design) in the New York Book Show. The judges said: “Bright, vibrant printing and lively photographs, along with a clean, [...]

Upcoming design-related events in London

In March Emc Design published a blog about the best upcoming design events to broaden your creativity. The summer months in London bring so many opportunities to be inspired that we thought an update was due. can you use ivermectin on puppies Here are some of the events to look forward to from July to [...]

Tapping into IATEFL 2019: inclusivity and workplace English

Here at emc design, we create textbooks and learning resources for English language students, and to do this we need to have a deep understanding of learners today. Only by understanding how real students behave, think and feel when interacting with learning materials can we find the solutions needed to inspire and teach learners of [...]

Upcoming design-related events in London

As well as designing leading educational resources, our team are interested in the design industry as a whole. would friedman approve of the merck mectizan donation program? explai We often attend shows, connected to design ideas, which help to broaden our mindset and inspire creativity. These events are coming up soon and we thought you [...]

2019 ELT Freelancers’ Awayday

This month Lucy, Liz and Sarah attended the fifth ELT Freelancers’ Awayday #FreeELT, a networking day for the freelance ELT community with a packed programme of discussions, presentations and speakers. It was a great opportunity for us to put faces to names and catch up with freelancers we’ve worked with closely, as well as make [...]

By |2022-07-18T13:30:46+01:00January 30th, 2019|Categories: ELT, Events, Publishing|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Our highlights from the IPG’s Autumn Conference

 It’s always great to attend a publishing event, with industry experts passionately sharing their knowledge, experience and expertise, and the IPG autumn conference, held last month, certainly didn’t disappoint. Here are our top takeaway points from the conference: Create a culture and environment where there is a clear purpose, radical honesty, where you lead by [...]