Haymarket design director Paul Harpin, John Brown executive creative director Jeremy Leslie and a line-up of the great and good of UK editorial design have come together to launch The Editorial Design Organisation, a not-for-profit body that "aims to promote the skill, knowledge and appreciation of editorial design in magazines, newspapers and websites".
Leslie, who also runs the magazine design blog, magCulture explains the ED.O's goals...
"It’s not often that I get excited about the launch of a committee-based professional body. There are enough already, surely?
This one is different, though. ED.O has been set up by a group of senior design figures in the publishing industry, with the support of their companies, to promote the role of the magazine and newspaper designer to the broader design world. Remarkably for an industry the size of ours, this is the first-ever such group set up in the UK.
Why is it needed? We felt that our design specialism is often overlooked, the irony being that magazines in their many guises are a vital reflection and measurement of visual trends of any given time. And in an era where more and more designers are finding themselves dealing with delivering content, the ability to present it intelligently and engagingly in print and online has never been so important.
As founding chair (and the person behind the idea) Paul Harpin says, ‘We hope ED.O will foster debate among professionals working in the industry and inspire students and young professionals entering the field’.
How to do that? We have many ambitions but in the first year we’ll be concentrating on arranging a series of speakers/debates, formulating an education plan, and launching a website.
Full details about membership and events will be announced shortly."
Aww theres loads of good sounding articles on editorial design on the Creative Review website but it costs £64 to subscribe! But editorialdesign.org sounds promising so I will check it out.
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