The UK has seen some of its hottest temperatures for a few years this summer but whilst the rest of the country may have been donning their sun hats and relaxing by the sea emc design has been hard at work having had some of our busiest months on record. We’ve invested in a whole [...]
We came across a couple of blog posts recently highlighting the move away from using textural, shadow and other effects to add depth to a more functional 'flat' design. In essence, flat design removes the more complex elements such as textures, shadows, gradients, embossing and other effects to concentrate on the simplicity of design. As recent ELT [...]
To celebrate the launch of the latest BookMachine.me update 6 fantastic hosts, in 6 different cities are all getting together on the same night – 25th September. BookMachine [http://bookmachine.org], an event series and online networking service for the publishing industry, has partnered with organisations across UK, US, Spain and Canada to host 6 events in [...]
Over the summer we’ve been busily recruiting top new designers to join our growing and very busy team! We have a very stringent recruitment processes to ensure that we pick the most creative designers who also have a strong technical approach. We had about 450 candidates apply throughout the summer so it was no mean [...]
On Friday lunchtime, to welcome our newest two designers Becky and Abigail, we held a scarecrow making craft session for the local Stevington Scarecrow Competition. Whilst we don't think we'll win the competition it was good fun having a go and getting to know our newest recruits. Emma has also written a blog [...]
A fascinating read from Michael Trucano, of World Bank's blog EduTech. Big educational laptop and tablet projects -- Ten countries to learn from. Many countries across the world have been exploring the 1 laptop per child policy for a number of years now but what Michael observes is that this has been overtaken by a tablets [...]
One of the projects we worked on last year for Oxford University Press Magic Time second edition is now available to buy from OUP. We loved re-editioning this popular Primary ELT series and think young learners will find it magical! escabiose ivermectina Multi-component projects, like Magic Time, require design and visual consistency throughout, as well [...]
We have just purchased 19 licenses to Adobe Creative Cloud for all of our staff here at emc design. There has been some controversy over this move by Adobe to change their sales model from a physical product with specific licenses per application to a complete cloud-based subscription model. But we think there are some [...]
For the last few years emc design has been working with the Macmillan ELT team on the acclaimed Global ELT series. To get an understanding of the enormity of the project and the many processes involved in creating such an extensive course we've created a case study on the design & production process. See it [...]
On Wednesday we welcomed new designer Jordan to the team. We packed up a picnic and headed the few paces up the hill to the lovely (very) old windmill. It was just a little windy, the perfect spot to have built a windmill!