In this final post in our guide for writers to beta readers, we're going to talk about how to deal with all of the great feedback you've gotten from your beta readers! If you don't know what a beta reader is, return to the first post in this series to find out. The previous post […]

For all the parents out there, that back-to-school season comes with an extra dose of blues at the end of summer, which is fraught with emotion. The pandemic continues and there is so much uncertainty about what will come when schools, parents and children break new ground and new learning methods. When there are more […]

49 posters by Christopher Doyle & Co show ten years of “curious and beautiful” projects at the Sydney-based studio, with an emphasis on its wealth of work for the cultural sector It's a narrow volume of only 64 pages, but it underscores Christopher Doyle & Co's clever design approach, especially when it comes to mixing […]

Ben Evans CBE founded the London Design Festival in 2003 with Sir John Sorrell CBE after a career in policy development and campaigning for the Labor Party, including its successful 1997 general election. Building on her work that helped write the UK's first design policy and the success of the burgeoning design sector in London, […]

Barcelona Studio Hey has developed a new packaging for the craft beer range that uses playful geometric patterns and flowing shapes The design studio Hey worked with the restaurant and the Caravelle brewery to create colorful packaging for its new selection of craft beers. The Barcelona-based studio had already partnered with Caravelle in 2017 to […]

This guest post comes from Demi LeJeune. Demi is an author of science fiction from the near and far future, mixed with a dash of thriller and lots of character. Its goal is to send readers on what-if escape adventures. Find out more on his website at demilejeune.com and follow him on Facebook and Twitter […]

Blogging is so effective that there are over a billion blogs on the web. Just remember … that's about 1 blog per 7 people. Sure, we don't actually need blogs anymore, but people still create them because they can be such effective marketing channels. Best of all, unlike social websites, the moment you create a […]

All images: © The estate of Paul Peter Piech Piech's work has been the subject of renewed interest in recent years thanks to a book published by Four Corners Books in 2013 and a retrospective held at the People's History Museum in Manchester in 2016. The New York-born artist spent 17 years in the advertising […]

Cities and towns use art and design to give inner cities a much needed shot of positivity and optimism when they are carefully reopened for business Pablo Picasso is said to have said, "The purpose of art is to wash the dust of everyday life from our souls". This laundry has never been as necessary […]

What comes to mind when you think of the books and stories that you have loved to read and that you remember and inspire thoughts and emotions? Why are these special stories so lasting? The scenes in the story were probably woven into something deeper when it appeared on the surface. As writers, we always […]