Haymarket launches Design Council magazine

by Robin Parker, Media Week 06-Nov-06, 14:16

Haymarket Network, the publisher's customer magazine division, has won the contract for the Design Council's first magazine after a competitive pitch.

Published twice a year, Design Council Magazine will focus on British design and the impact of the creative industries' activities upon business, the public sector and everyday lives.
The 76-page launch issue includes articles on organic chocolate manufacturer Green & Black's, a look at design's role in educational schemes and a keynote article by MP John McFall, chairman of the Treasury select committee.

Contributors include Bruce Nussbaum, innovation editor of Business Week, and Anthony Hilton, city editor of the Evening Standard.

"This magazine is being launched as a product for people to interact with, respond to and engage with," said David Kester, chief executive of the Design Council. "We want readers to fully enter into the design debate, think about key issues and be persuaded of the central argument that our creative skills are a vital ingredient of the health of the nation."
Haymarket Network is part of Haymarket Publishing, which also owns Media Week.