Julian Bovis
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Julian Bovis is a British
journalist
and award-winning Art Director
. He was born in Banbury
, United Kingdom
and studied Architecture at University of Plymouth
.
magazines in the 1990s. He worked on the Melody Maker
in 1990 before joining the BBC
's now defunct pop magazine, No.1. Whilst working in Australia in 1991 Julian was part of the Inside Soap
magazine launch team before moving back to the United Kingdom
to design the British version.
and between 1993 and 1995 was responsible for the controversial change of format of some of England's most popular evening newspapers including the Lancashire Evening Post
and the Blackpool Gazette
. By 1995 Julian was art directing the Edinburgh Evening News
where he won Scottish Newspaper Design of The Year for the coverage of the Dunblane massacre
. After winning two more design awards in 1998 and 2000, Julian joined the judging panel for the 2001 National Newspaper Awards.
In 1999 he worked with broadcaster Jeff Randall (journalist)
as part of the launch team of Sunday Business
newspaper and in 2003 he joined The Daily Telegraph
as Executive Design Editor where he was responsible for some of the newspaper's most notorious front pages; including the award-winning Boxing Day edition of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
and the 2005 front page celebrating London
's winning bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics
. His work on the 7 July 2005 London bombings
won the Daily Telegraph the European Newspaper Design Award for news coverage.
's website, introducing the newspaper's famous Gothic alphabet
masthead, increasing the use of online photographs and using design principles to visually link the website to the printed newspaper. The re-design saw the monthly pages views rise from 41.6 m to 52.8 m. He left The Daily Telegraph
in February 2008 and became a consultant for Sport Media Group where he oversaw the re-design of the Daily Sport newspaper and Sport Media Group's online titles. In March 2009 he started media consultancy McIlheneyBovis with publisher Barry McIlheney
and in September 2009 oversaw the launch of UK property site luvthecity.com.
1998 Newspaper Design of The Year for Sunday Business Newspaper Sunday Business
2000 Newspaper Design of The Year for Sunday Business Newspaper Sunday Business
2004 Newspaper Design of The Year The Daily Telegraph
2005 European Newspaper Award
: The 7/7 London Bombings The Daily Telegraph
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and award-winning Art Director
Art director
The art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
. He was born in Banbury
Banbury
Banbury is a market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire. It is northwest of London, southeast of Birmingham, south of Coventry and north northwest of the county town of Oxford...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and studied Architecture at University of Plymouth
University of Plymouth
Plymouth University is the largest university in the South West of England, with over 30,000 students and is 9th largest in the United Kingdom by total number of students . It has almost 3,000 staff...
.
Magazines
Julian worked on Pop musicPop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
magazines in the 1990s. He worked on the Melody Maker
Melody Maker
Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
in 1990 before joining the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's now defunct pop magazine, No.1. Whilst working in Australia in 1991 Julian was part of the Inside Soap
Inside Soap
Inside Soap is a weekly UK magazine, released every Tuesday. It covers current and future storylines in soap operas shown in the United Kingdom....
magazine launch team before moving back to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
to design the British version.
Newspapers
In 1992 he redesigned the Daily Star by introducing Impact (typeface)Impact (typeface)
Impact is a realist sans-serif typeface designed by Geoffrey Lee in 1965 and released by the Stephenson Blake foundry. Its ultra-thick strokes, compressed letterspacing, and minimal interior counterform are specifically aimed, as its name suggests, to "impact". Impact has a high x-height, reaching...
and between 1993 and 1995 was responsible for the controversial change of format of some of England's most popular evening newspapers including the Lancashire Evening Post
Lancashire Evening Post
The Lancashire Evening Post is a daily newspaper based in Fulwood, a suburb of the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. According to the British Library, its first edition was published on 18 October 1886...
and the Blackpool Gazette
Blackpool Gazette
The Blackpool Gazette is an English evening newspaper based in Blackpool, Lancashire. Published every day except Sunday, it covers the towns and communities of the Fylde coast...
. By 1995 Julian was art directing the Edinburgh Evening News
Edinburgh Evening News
The Edinburgh Evening News is a local newspaper based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is published daily . It has a circulation of 68,000 and is owned by Johnston Press, which also owns The Scotsman and many regional titles throughout the UK.Much of the copy contained in the Evening News concerns local...
where he won Scottish Newspaper Design of The Year for the coverage of the Dunblane massacre
Dunblane massacre
The Dunblane massacre was a multiple murder-suicide which occurred at Dunblane Primary School in the Scottish town of Dunblane on 13 March 1996. Sixteen children and one adult were killed by Thomas Hamilton before he committed suicide.-Timeline of events:...
. After winning two more design awards in 1998 and 2000, Julian joined the judging panel for the 2001 National Newspaper Awards.
In 1999 he worked with broadcaster Jeff Randall (journalist)
Jeff Randall (journalist)
Jeff William Randall is a journalist, who presents Jeff Randall Live, a business and politics show on Sky News...
as part of the launch team of Sunday Business
Sunday Business
Sunday Business was a national Sunday broadsheet financial newspaper published in the United Kingdom, which ran from 1996 to 2006, when it was turned into a magazine called The Business....
newspaper and in 2003 he joined The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
as Executive Design Editor where he was responsible for some of the newspaper's most notorious front pages; including the award-winning Boxing Day edition of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake...
and the 2005 front page celebrating London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
's winning bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...
. His work on the 7 July 2005 London bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
The 7 July 2005 London bombings were a series of co-ordinated suicide attacks in the United Kingdom, targeting civilians using London's public transport system during the morning rush hour....
won the Daily Telegraph the European Newspaper Design Award for news coverage.
Internet
In the summer of 2006 Bovis oversaw the re-design of The Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
's website, introducing the newspaper's famous Gothic alphabet
Gothic alphabet
The Gothic alphabet is an alphabet for writing the Gothic language, created in the 4th century by Ulfilas for the purpose of translating the Christian Bible....
masthead, increasing the use of online photographs and using design principles to visually link the website to the printed newspaper. The re-design saw the monthly pages views rise from 41.6 m to 52.8 m. He left The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
in February 2008 and became a consultant for Sport Media Group where he oversaw the re-design of the Daily Sport newspaper and Sport Media Group's online titles. In March 2009 he started media consultancy McIlheneyBovis with publisher Barry McIlheney
Barry McIlheney
Barry McIlheney is a British journalist, editor, broadcaster and publisher. Born in Belfast in 1960, Barry is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and London's City University.-Journalism and management career:...
and in September 2009 oversaw the launch of UK property site luvthecity.com.
Awards
1996 Scottish Newspaper Design of The Year Edinburgh Evening NewsEdinburgh Evening News
The Edinburgh Evening News is a local newspaper based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is published daily . It has a circulation of 68,000 and is owned by Johnston Press, which also owns The Scotsman and many regional titles throughout the UK.Much of the copy contained in the Evening News concerns local...
1998 Newspaper Design of The Year for Sunday Business Newspaper Sunday Business
Sunday Business
Sunday Business was a national Sunday broadsheet financial newspaper published in the United Kingdom, which ran from 1996 to 2006, when it was turned into a magazine called The Business....
2000 Newspaper Design of The Year for Sunday Business Newspaper Sunday Business
Sunday Business
Sunday Business was a national Sunday broadsheet financial newspaper published in the United Kingdom, which ran from 1996 to 2006, when it was turned into a magazine called The Business....
2004 Newspaper Design of The Year The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
2005 European Newspaper Award
European Newspaper Award
European Newspaper Award is a design competition for European newspapers organized by the German Office for Newspaper Design. The Award was founded in 1998 by Norbert Küpper. In 2011 there are 20 different award categories and the winners will be announced around November 15....
: The 7/7 London Bombings The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
External links
- McIlheneyBovis
- Daily Sport Relaunch
- Brand Republic on the Daily Sport Relaunch
- Daily Sport Redesign
- Disaster Days
- Awards Judging Panel
- Seventh European Newspaper Award 17.3: Terror In London
- Newspaper Awards
- 1998 Newspaper Awards
- Telegraph Online Re-Design
- The Zeal I Feel
- The Daily Telegraph Online Re-design
- Sunday Business NewspaperSunday BusinessSunday Business was a national Sunday broadsheet financial newspaper published in the United Kingdom, which ran from 1996 to 2006, when it was turned into a magazine called The Business....
- Record Cover Design
- Last of the Broadsheets
- Blair Wipes Away The Tories