Yesterday we received the fantastic news that National Geographic Learning & Cengage Learning's latest ELT course Life had been nominated for a British Council ELTon award in the prestigious category 'Excellence in course innovation'. We loved being involved in this project throughout its production and are so pleased that everyone involved has been rewarded for [...]
As we all know Publishing and its other relevant industries has been changing and it's sometimes hard to keep up with everything that's been going on. Well here at emc design we are constantly keeping our eyes and ears open to find out what's going on. So here are our top picks of some of [...]
We are looking for more talented designers to join our team. If you have an eye for detail, are technically minded and fancy the challenge of working for the Publishing industry we want to hear from you! Specifically looking for junior and middleweight designers who have: - A degree or HND in Typography or Graphic [...]
Over the last few months we’ve been particularly busy creating sample designs for brand new courses. We are meticulous at getting things 100% right at this stage as it sets documents up for production whether we will be doing this or the publisher (or even off-shore). Here are our top 4 reasons why this is [...]
Over the last couple of months emc design has steadily been adding resources and people. We've transformed our management system, streamlining our scheduling software and improving our internal work flows to ensure we are giving our clients the best possible service matched with the best designs and creativity the industry has to offer. One way [...]
Last night Kathryn and Sophie from emc design went along to the latest in the BookMachine Unplugged series. It was a fantastic evening at The Venue 229 with some brilliant guest speakers and some familiar faces in the crowd. The Unplugged series is looking at collaboration across the Publishing industry and guest speakers are asked [...]
We came across this interesting blog post written by Louis Rogers for the ELT team at Oxford University Press. Transferability between Academic English and Business English It reminded us that we have extensive experience and knowledge in designing for the Business ELT market. And have seen this sector grow significantly over the last few years [...]
The second event in the BookMachine Unplugged series kicks off at 6.30pm on 21st February. With guest speakers providing attendees with insights into their collaborative projects the night promises to be another great event for the Publishing industry and those on the periphery. Sophie, Mike and Kathryn will be there from emc design and we're [...]
This week O'Reilly's Tools of Change announced their 10 Publishing StartUp Finalists and we are so pleased to hear that 2 of our favourite UK companies, Bookmachine.me and ValoBox have made it to the final! We want to wish them both our congratulations and it's great news that their hard work and brilliant ideas have [...]
Design Week have recently posted an article on a new centre which is opening at the end of the month which is completely dedicated to the production of books. From paper making to letter-pressing London Centre for Book Art (LCBA) will be a venue where visitors can explore their love of the printed book with [...]