alan crissey
graphic + web designer

Redesigning the Aging Newspaper

Is design more than just aesthetics?

I’ve become a bit of a Ted.com addict recently. I’m fascinated by some of the talks on there. If you have never checked it out, you owe it to your intellect to do so.

One of the most recent talks was with Jacek Utko. He is a former architect who has headed up the redesign of several European newspapers and the results have been phenomenal. His point is that if the newspaper industry is to survive, it must be redesigned on every level. It’s the visual appeal, efficiency of communication, quality of content, and layout, all working together. And all of these things working together are what design is really about.