Archive for July, 2006

Another powerful Independent P1

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

In light of newsdesigner.com recently focusing on an Indy P1, the UK compact has produced another simple, but effective page 1 today.

Edit: Taken offline now, but check the Indy P1 each day here.

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New look for the Manchester Evening News

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

The MEN has unveiled its new look with a little help from Palmer Watson.

Sections are colour coded and new fonts have also been introduced.

Headlines are now upper and lower case instead of all caps.

New version:

MEN new

Old version:

MEN old

Deputy editor Maria McGeoghan, who headed up the redesign project, said: “The designers said that we are not shouting at readers but having a conversation with them.”

She added: “We’ve tried to give people something new and fresh without alienating our valuable readers.

“I think they will think that it looks different but not so different that they think ‘what’s happened to my MEN?’”

Read it here from holdthefrontpage.co.uk

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