File 27 - Guardian Redesign

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GUA/6/1/1/1/2/1/27

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Guardian Redesign

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  • 1987-1991 (Creation)

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1 file

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Documents concerning the Guardian's 1988 redesign (launched 12 February 1988). Including comments from individual staff members on the proposed design; analysis of readers' letters on the design; notes to improve design in practice.

Also includes two prototype papers, and last edition of the old design (11 February 1988) with back page advertisement 'No one else has managed to produce a paper that's better than The Guardian, so we've decided to do it ourselves'. (These items are in a separate folder due to their size).

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Preston (1938-2018)

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