The Sleep Room in The Outlast Trials is named after a real-life space at McGill University’s Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal, where from 1957 to 1964, doctors conducted mind-control experiments on patients as part of the CIA’s MK-Ultra initiative. Led by Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron, these tests... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-08-14 19:50:55 UTC ]
While others sweat the fate of their book cover, for me, it’s the part of the publishing process I look forward to most. I not only love contemplating book covers and exploring options, but as the former art director at a major publishing house, I have a unique appreciation for how important the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-10-26 08:53:11 UTC ]
Almost a decade to the day since it released the last Silent Hill game (as long as you don't include P.T.), Konami is finally ready to reveal what's next for the franchise. The company will divulge the "latest updates" for the series during a stream that starts at 5PM ET on October 19th.The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-10-17 15:50:54 UTC ]
Last year not only marked the twentieth publication anniversary of Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections, it also saw the release of his first novel in seven years, Crossroads. So it was only fitting that Picador would embark on a redesign of the author’s backlist. We spoke with Alex Merto, the art... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-03-17 08:54:52 UTC ]
Glossy magazines get a makeover with focus on vintage clothing, creativity and recycling Former editors and directors at Britain’s glossiest fashion magazines are carving out a niche for themselves with print titles and websites that focus on sustainable clothing.Later this month, Calendar will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-09-26 05:45:03 UTC ]
Orion has bolstered its art department with the appointment of Amazon Publishing's Nick Shah as creative director and freelance Charlotte Abrams Simpson as art director. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-08 04:20:44 UTC ]
My brother David Larkin, who has died aged 84, was an art director in the book publishing industry who consistently pushed artists to go beyond their known capabilities – and often saw things in them that they did not themselves perceive.In the late 1960s, as art director at Granada Publishing,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-01-03 15:48:19 UTC ]
Patrick Turner, a book designer and art director for a number of book and magazine publishers and who was most recently co-owner of 'PW,' died last week after a long battle with cancer. He was 71. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
NEW YORK—Folio:, the publishing industry’s go-to source for news, business intelligence and peer-to-peer networking, is pleased to open entries for the annual Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards. The prestigious awards program celebrates excellence in content and design across the entire publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-04-07 00:10:07 UTC ]
Cover designer Jo Walker is leaving HarperCollins to join Pushkin Press as art director. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-11 17:45:25 UTC ]
Last year, we introduced a brand new honor at our Eddie & Ozzie Awards gala—Magazine of the Year. Despite many of the challenges print faces, magazines continue to evolve and change in tandem with the industry, and we felt it was important to recognize the very best in our community. And... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-09-26 15:22:57 UTC ]
Scholastic’s Strawberrie Donnelly has joined Bloomsbury Children’s Books in the newly created role of art director. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 03:23:16 UTC ]
Author photo: Tom Kneller; art director: Spencer Singer ¤ SAMUEL R. DELANY (born April 1, 1942) is one of the most — if not the most — important science fiction writers and critics alive today. As documented in the feature-length documentary The Polymath (2008), Delany’s work as a teacher,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-07-06 12:30:30 UTC ]
Richard Bravery has been promoted with immediate effect to art director at Penguin General. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-02 20:42:44 UTC ]
Charles Rue Woods, art director at Grove Atlantic for nearly 20 years, died May 15. He was 69. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
The top honoree in the PW Star Watch program’s first year was the art director at Riverhead Books, who is still pushing the limits of design and creativity to engage readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publisher b small has hired Vicky Barker, formerly a freelance illustrator and designer, as art director. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Jones, art director at Oneworld, is leaving the company after three years to pursue a freelance design career. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Agency creatives famously maintain all sorts of side projects, from a collection of fonts based on late rock stars' handwriting to a book based on an Instagram account summarizing millennial life. These efforts tend to get political (as so many things do these days), and ad folk have been... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2018-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Meredith Corp. names a publisher for Allrecipes, Glamour hires an art director from Cosmo, and more media moves this week. The post The Economist Taps New Publisher and COO | People on the Move appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]