Design

Monotype to be acquired by private equity firm

Global typeface giant Monotype Imaging Holdings is set to be acquired by private equity firm HGGC.

Perfect planning is required for upscale projects

Little did the team at Preston-based Lustalux know that when a call came in from architect consultancy C4 Projects in 2015, a simple query about window film would be scaled into a complex and...

60 seconds with Colour Connection

Starting out in 1982 as a small, family run print shop, managing director Richard Currie (pictured) says Colour Connection has been committed to providing a bespoke design and print service to...

Overmatter: artwork oopsy

After many years in the printing and publishing business, Overmatter knows only too well the many and varied perils of the typo, or the item of dummy copy that makes its way all the way to print.

City Images takes on It Has To Be Brilliant

City Images has acquired fellow London printer It Has To Be Brilliant (IHTBB) as it looks to drive growth through the synergies created by the merger.

Expoganza returns to Manchester

A series of events aimed at printers and other graphic professionals looking to grow and futureproof their businesses will return to Manchester next week.

Split sets letterpress world record

Leeds-based design studio Split has set a new Guinness World Record for the world’s largest letterpress printing press.

Signs Express opens the book on Brum’s Floozie

The River, a sculpture designed by Dhruva Mistry, has reclined in the fountain outside Birmingham’s historic Council House since 1994. In all that time, the affectionately named ‘Floozie in the...

Star product: CorelDraw Graphics Suite 2019

Latest edition adds new features and sees a return to the Mac OS.

Bow Design rebrands under new ownership

Bow Design has been acquired by Ministry of Furniture to become its graphics and print wing.