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Kristina takes a look at Photoshop's new Artboard feature

Here at emc, we are all full Creative Cloud subscribers which means we get constant access to the latest updates from Adobe. Some of these updates pass us by and often are just little bug fixes. However, the most recent update to Photoshop (CC 2015) is pretty immense – we wonder how long they’ve had [...]

What's the difference between Rights Managed and Royalty Free images?

Art Buying Co-ordinator at emc design. Photo taken by Lina and Tom - Wedding & Event Photography Whether or not you’re interested in rights and licensing of images, if you’re at all involved in photo research, selection and use, it’s important to know some key facts about the process. Educational and ELT books [...]

Bedpop Fun Palace and The Robot Lab

This coming weekend Fun Palace is coming to Bedford! Fun Palaces is a national event to encourage both science and arts education, inviting people to bring them together however they choose. This year the Fun Palace is coming to Bedford for the first time with lots of different events and workshops taking place on the 3rd/4th [...]

The Great EMC Bake Off

In the spirit of this year's Great British Bake Off, we decided to hold our very own EMC Bake Off and after seven sugar-filled weeks it has finally come to an end. It's been a great few weeks with each week becoming more competitive than the last. Teams were given a weekly theme, starting with biscuit [...]

@MaWSIG's next Meetup with @ELT_T2W opens its doors to non-IATEFL members!

MaWSIG, the Materials Writing Special Interest Group for IATEFL, is hosting a join Meetup with ELT Teacher 2 Writer on Wednesday 23rd September, in Oxford. In a bid to foster even more networking opportunities for newbie ELT writers they have made available a few tickets for non-IATEFL members to buy. This is exciting news as it [...]

News Flash: New position available for Graduate Junior Designer

We are now looking for junior designers to join our team again! quanox en bebes With lots of new and exciting projects, we’re looking for more hard-working, skilled and enthusiastic people to come and join our growing team. ivermectin nobel prize for medicine  If you are a recent graduate with a degree or HND in graphic design [...]

Pinterest: How and why do we use it?

We love Pinterest! As a design agency, being able to find inspiration and market trends quickly and efficiently in a demanding publishing world is vital. Not only to ensure that we can meet design budgets but to ensure that we are designing the most creatively appealing material as well as ensuring we design for the [...]

Pedal Power: Dale and Hannah Cycle for Charity

We'd like to say a big well done to Dale and Hannah, two of our designers, who have recently taken on very challenging bike rides. Find out what they had to say about their experience:  Dale After running a half marathon last year in memory of my Gramp, I thought I'd up the ante this year [...]

Putting the image first in ELT material development – interview with author Ceri Jones

During this year's IATEFL conference one of the big themes that stood out for us was the prominence image and video were given, as part of the teaching process but also the creation of ELT materials – finally we say! Where once the image on the page was more of an after-thought, briefed once the main [...]

The benefits of in-house Creative Content – a designers response

Last week we posted 'The benefits of in-house Creative Content – why picture researchers need designers'. The post looked at the advantages from a picture research point of view of working in the same studio as our designers. Amy, one of our Design Managers, gives her response on why our set-up is beneficial to our design [...]