Mark Porter

economist.com is previewing its new homepage. Nothing amazing here, but the picture trails at bottom right bear a striking resemblance to a feature of a well-known newspaper site (Via City of Sound)

Time Magazine held a competition to design the cover of the annual Top 100 People of the Year issue, with submissions from some very big names… Hard to believe that these were the winners. (Via magtastic)

I’m currently preparing a talk for the Crash 2008 news design seminar in Copenhagen later in the month, and I’m making a real effort to collect and synthesise my thoughts about what editorial design means in the digital world. These ideas have been evolving over the last year or so, and are constantly developing as I read and talk to some of the great designers around the world I’m lucky enough to meet and spend time with. Read the rest of this entry »

A great spread from Vanity Fair recalls a classic Milton Glaser illustration

Khoi Vinh, web design director at the New York Times, has been answering users’ questions in their “Talk to the Newsroom” slot. He has some nice things to say about me and my team, and gives a fascinating insight into his own views and philosophy, and his role at the Times. Well worth reading

Last week the Sport section of guardian.co.uk migrated to the new platform, and acquired the “new” (18-month-old) look. Just the latest rollout in our redesign and rebuild programme which began with Travel way back in late 2006. A few parts of the network are still in the pipeline, but it’s finally starting to feel like the heavy lifting will soon be over. Read the rest of this entry »

Fascinating post at Hoefler & Fere-Jones about the ampersand. As you can see, I’m a big fan…

Last Saturday the FT Weekend was “refreshed” (a word I hate, incidentally. It drives me mad when editors are so afraid of alienating readers that they announce changes as a good thing but also try to pretend they haven’t really changed anything. Readers – especially FT readers – are not that stupid).

Saturday is the the only sunny day in a pretty bleak week for the rest of the quality market so it’s not surprising that the FT wants a bit more of the action. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s always difficult when your children grow up and go out to make their own way in the world. There are many years to go before my real-life children are ready for that, but another of my babies has struck out on its own - Guardian Egyptian is now available for licensing. Read the rest of this entry »

I came across this image following a trail of comments on the latest execrable US Esquire cover. This old classic came up in a conversation recently and I was amazed to find that there are people out there who’ve never seen it. So for anyone who missed it the first (or second or third) time, here’s one of the all-time great magazine covers