The Indy has a great sit down with the maverick editor of the The Sunday Times who wrote the book on newspaper design 35 ears ago - Sir Harold Evans.
An excerpt:
Harold Evans: ‘These grand designs must have stories to back them up’
“Here’s a thing about innovation,” says Evans sagely. “Nobody has ever predicted the next innovation.” In one respect though he did clearly lay claim to having seen the future: that design would have to take the lead. “Newspaper design cannot go on being so insular if the newspaper is to fulfil its role,” he wrote in Editing and Design.
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A very broad insight, knowledge and perspective on the media
Presenting with Robb at IFRA workshop in Kuala Lumpur was a pure pleasure. Although I came there as a presenter (of my newspapers’ success) I learned a lot from Robb’s presentations. I was fascinated by the wideness of his expertise and a very broad insight, knowledge and perspective on the media he has demonstrated. Robb knows what the media in the future need . . .
Boris Trupcevic
Editor-in-Chief, 24sata
Croatian national daily newspapers (Zagreb)