emc celebrates being in the Publishing business for 22 years!

This month emc design celebrates 22 years of working for the Publishing industry. Our Director Mike Cryer founded the company in December 1990 and we've been steadily growing in size since then. We've built a strong reputation and expertise in ELT Publishing and are recognised as being one of the foremost design agencies in the [...]

New ELT courses for Young Learners from OUP

As one of the largest specialist ELT design agencies in the UK we are often tasked with designing and producing materials for large courses. This has certainly be the case for two Young Learners projects that we have produced recently for Oxford University Press. We really enjoy being given these large projects as it puts [...]

Interview with Alastair Horne from CUP on collaboration within Publishing & Race to Learn

Cambridge University Press and the Williams F1 team collaborated in 2009 to create Race to Learn, a fun, engaging educational programme that fits into the national curriculum. I asked Alastair Horne, who was the project lead for Cambridge, about it. Can you give us a brief insight into what the project is, who’s it for [...]

Can we save the Publishing industry through collaboration..?

… Well BookMachine does and so do we! سباق الحصان Tonight emc design is sponsoring BookMachine Unplugged which sees the beta launch of BookMachine.me a new platform and network for the people that make Publishing happen. The event has 4 guest speakers (Eric Huang of Penguin, Dean Johnson of Brandwidth, Alastair Horne of CUP and [...]

Ten ways to save the publishing industry | Books | The Guardian

On the final day of the Frankfurt Book fair The Guardian have published their Top ten ways to save the publishing industry. ivermectin dosage heartworm prevention It’s a really interesting read and highlights a lot of the thinking that has been bubbling away for the last year or so. ivermectin injectable tractor supply One of [...]

By |2022-07-23T16:11:49+01:00October 12th, 2012|Categories: Design, Publishing|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Eric Huang of Penguin Books on collaboration & re-defining the role of Publishers

A few weeks ago Sophie interviewed Eric Huang for BookMachine, in the run up to the Unplugged event which emc design are proudly sponsoring. Eric talked about his role at Penguin and how they are working and collaborating with new companies to strengthen their offer as a publisher. There is no doubt that Penguin is [...]

Our 5 top publishing partnerships and collaborations

In the run up to the launch of BookMachine.me I’ve picked out some of the top publishing partnerships and collaborations around. I hope it gives you some inspiration to get out there and start collaborating! And to also come to the launch event Unplugged (which we're sponsoring)  on Wednesday 7th November. 1) Mind Candy and [...]

Interview with Project Director for new Oxford Scholarly Editions Online

Five years ago Oxford University Press initiated a project to transform the way old texts could be accessed, read and re-purposed online. Oxford Scholarly Editions Online finally launched last week and I caught up with the Project Director Sophie Goldsworthy. For those of us who are completely new to OSEO can you explain what it [...]

Interview with Nick Robinson on being the first ELT agent

For those of you who follow our blog regularly you will notice that we have been writing for BookMachine and this interview with Nick Robinson was originally posted on their site on 3/9/12. This interview is with Nick Robinson about being the first ELT Agent and how he set up his company ‘Nick Robinson ELT [...]

By |2017-01-11T15:57:45+01:00September 12th, 2012|Categories: Design & Technology, ELT, Publishing|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Bring Your Own Technology

Our article for BookMachine was originally posted on Monday 6th August here. We keep hearing that America is a few years ahead of us in terms of technology. If this is the case then UK Publishers, Schools and Educators take note. A recent report from the The Consortium for School Networking in America has highlighted [...]