The UK's leading newspaper designer, Peter Sands, heads up the Editorial Centre, the creative division of Press Association Training. Peter, a winner of the Newspaper Design Award, has been involved in the design of 75 newspapers worldwide and trained countless designers. The Editorial Centre's designs have been recognised globally and in 2004 the Sunday Sentinel was voted best-designed European newspaper. Peter and his team have helped scores of newspapers create a modern and distinctive look – all shaped by the executives and the readers. The design team includes award-winning graphic artist Mike Brough, Paul Wick, George Gray and Brian Page.
For details contact Peter Sands on 00 44 7977 186408.
Design work – Take a look at some of our recent designs
The front cover of a 48-page supplement for the Irish Examiner. The supplement was designed and the pages produced by Press Association Training's designers.
Our design team worked with the Irish News to take it from broadsheet to Berliner and then to Compact over a six-year period.
Lloyd's List - taken from broadsheet to Berliner by our design team.
An inside page of a 48-page football supplement, designed and produced by Press Association Training's design team.
A FA Cup graphic produced for the Irish Examiner.
A spread from Championz, a children's sports magazine, produced for the Irish Examiner by our design team.
A revamp of Horsedeals magazine by our design team.
The Bath Chronicle's change from evening paper to weekly was based on designs by our team.
A football magazine for children designed and produced for the Irish Examiner by PA Training.
Oxford Times editor Derek Holmes thanked our design team for their contribution to his paper winning the 2006 Newspaper Society's Newspaper of the Year. He said: 'One of the key things the judges pointed to was the redesign that you did for us. Thanks once again for what you did. The paper is looking great, and I know that played a very important part in us winning this award.'
Update magazine - redesigned for the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals by Press Association Training's designers.
Our design team helped the Jersey Evening Post launch a younger tabloid on the island.
Our designers worked with the Guernsey Press in 1999 to change its format from broadsheet to compact and in 2007 refreshed the middle market design and content.
Are you planning a redesign of your publication? If so here are some useful checklists:
