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Interview with Sir Harold Evans, the grand master of newspaper design

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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