Tag Archives: Straits Times
Classy Classifieds!
Been looking at some old newspapers for a research project and this issue of The Straits Times Classifieds section in 1989 caught my attention! The colours are like that because I took photos straight off the microfilm reader. And here … Continue reading
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The Best Newspapers Are Toilet Papers
The test for how good a newspaper is, according to TODAY’s Design Editor Edric Sng, is how well it fares in the toilet. The writing must be good enough to sustain a “good long shit” and it has to be … Continue reading
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Redesigning newspapers and why it matters
One point, or approximately 0.04 cm, was all it took for readers to find the recently redesigned Sunday Times a comfortable read again. After its redesign in April 2008, several readers complained that it was hard to read the paper’s … Continue reading
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What Type Of Newspaper Are You?
A day before ST’s latest redesign launch, the typeface for its masthead was changed from Popular (only shred of it left is in ‘THE’) to Big Caslon, said Peter Thomas Williams who was part of the redesign team. While Popular … Continue reading
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FOUND: A Short History of Newspaper Design
In this 1987 Asian Media Information and Communication paper that I found via Googling, Peter Ong, a former regional editor of the Society of Newspaper Design, provides a short history of newspaper design. A former editor in The Straits Times … Continue reading
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Explaining the Budget 2009
Lots of of numbers and something for everyone, the Budget 2009 announcement yesterday was a great opportunity for the use of information graphics — so which local English paper did it best? Most engaging concept: The New Paper You have … Continue reading
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Graphics are for the less educated?
The New Paper (TNP), a tabloid paper, uses a lot more graphics in its stories than most of the other local papers. One reason I can think of is that graphics are seen as tools to present data in a … Continue reading
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Negotiating ads through design
The New York Times (NYT) latest decision to sell display advertisements on its front-page raised a few eyebrows in the journalism world as it was seen by some as a commercial intrusion into the most sacred space of newspapers. However, … Continue reading
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