We’ve been hinting that we have been getting ready to drop a collection of prints via the Ligature Journal Instagram Stories channel for a little while now. Well now it’s finally here!Keeping with our desire to support young and emerging designers we have decided to collaborate with some of the talented designers, illustrators and photographers […]
Continue readingCover Story: Ligature Journal Issue 9
In this post I want to talk about the cover story behind the design of Ligature Journal Issue Nine. The issue is the third and final in a series of issues considering the theme; Design and Place. The internal design of each is completely unique. Thus the design of this cover was critical for two […]
Continue readingLigature Journal Issue Nine, Out Now!
Two editions ago we presented our first of a three-issue foray into Design and place. Ligature Journal issue nine brings the cycle to a close. When we began the work on the issue you have in your hand the task looked very much ‘same same but different’, articles began to come in, design started to […]
Continue readingBoring post about Postage
Time for a really boring post, it’s about postage functionality. So actually, it might not be too boring for you our (potential and actual) customers. Online shopping systems, it seems, tend to be optimised for the US. This is understandable, many of the systems are built in the US for the huge number of US […]
Continue readingChanges to our packs of back issues
We have made changes to the packs of back issues. Now you can get packs of Issues One to Three and a separate pack of Issues Four to Six. And later this year we will introduce a pack of the three issues relating Design and Place, after the third in the series is published. Why […]
Continue readingCover Story: Ligature Journal Issue 8
The story of the cover for Ligature Journal issue eight is tells of our most playful cover design to date. In the world of magazine design so much occurs on a computer screen before it translates into print. For this cover only a tiny amount was conceived in a computer, the bit that links this […]
Continue readingLigature Journal Issue Eight, Out Now!
Last issue, we embarked on what we promised to be the first of three issues of Design and Place. Well, here we are with Ligature Journal Issue Eight, the second issue in the series. Once again we have the unusual, or perhaps we might say the ‘new’ usual, format of the previous issue. We received […]
Continue readingLigature Journal Issue Seven, Out Now!
This issue marks the beginning of something of an experiment for us. The theme is Design and Place, and it is a Mind issue—so far so normal. The experiment is that we will keep this same theme for the next two issues as well. The aim? A triumvirate of Mind, Soul and Body issues all considering Design and Place. So welcome, to Ligature Journal Issue Seven.
Continue readingBack issue packs of Ligature Journal
Are there issues of Ligature Journal missing from your collection? Our back issue packs should help. We have gathered our previously published back issues into handy three-issue packs to make it super easy for you to complete your collection of Ligature Journal. THE BACK ISSUE PACKS HAVE CHANGED. PLEASE SEE THIS POST FOR THE UPDATED […]
Continue readingFlick Through Videos – More to check out
Hey there. You might have noticed we’ve been creating flick through videos for all of our published issues, it’s a great way for you to get a little sneak peek at what’s inside!
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