Independent London architecture publishing company Artifice and sister publisher Black Dog Publishing have become insolvent, leaving architects scrambling to rescue copies of their books and retrieve digital files. More about Collapse of Artifice and Black Dog Publishing "a terrible blow to architectural culture"
The Guardian newspaper has unveiled a simplified and smaller tabloid format, as well as a website redesign that includes the launch of a new logo and font. More about The Guardian newspaper unveils new font and logo in major redesign
Sarah Douglas has replaced Tony Chambers at the helm of British design magazine Wallpaper*, making her the first female editor in the publication's 21-year history. More about Sarah Douglas appointed editor of Wallpaper* magazine
Graphic design studio MuirMcNeil has used a systematic set of rules to create 8,000 unique front covers for the annual Typography Special of Eye magazine. More about MuirMcNeil generates 8,000 unique covers for Eye magazine
Edward Enninful has been named as the new editor of British Vogue, making him the first man to take the helm in the fashion magazine's history. More about Edward Enninful to become first male editor of British Vogue
The prominent editor-in-chief of British Vogue, Alexandra Shulman, has announced she is departing the magazine after a quarter of a century at the helm. More about Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman steps down after 25 years
Business news: German publishing house Gestalten has entered into voluntary insolvency after losing money on a concept store in Berlin. More about German design publisher Gestalten declares itself insolvent
Interview: how did a tiny "slow lifestyle" magazine from Portland become one of the most influential forces in design? Dezeen's Dan Howarth spoke to Kinfolk co-founder Nathan Williams to find out. More about Kinfolk's influence on Instagram is "kind of scary" says magazine's co-founder
A new copyright law in the UK will "wipe out" design book publishing and cripple design education, according to author and publisher Charlotte Fiell. More about Copyright legislation will destroy design publishing says Charlotte Fiell
British architecture magazines the Architects' Journal and the Architectural Review are set to end their print editions and will move to digital only in the next 18 months. More about Architects' Journal and Architectural Review to end print editions after 120 years
As part of our series on new print magazines bucking the trend for online design journalism, Dezeen spoke to Laura Houseley, editor of Modern Design Review, about the advantages of a slower pace of publishing and focusing on a single aspect of the design industry (+ interview + slideshow). More about New magazines: "It's gloriously single-minded"
Interview: crowdfunding sites, electronic formats and online book fairs mean architecture and design book publishing is going through "a renaissance," according to Steve Kroeter, editor-in-chief of the Designers & Books website (+ interview). More about Printed design books "won't go away"
While blogs and online magazines have come to dominate coverage of design news, the internet has also made it more feasible for anyone to launch a print magazine and created a demand for a more considered approach says Katie Tregidden, co-founder of Fiera magazine (+ slideshow + interview). More about New magazines: "A lasting record of the world of design at a point in time"
In a market increasingly dominated by websites and blogs, a series of new print titles are offering an alternative approach to writing about design. In the first of a series, Dezeen speaks to Anna Bates about carving out a niche for domestic design criticism with Dirty Furniture magazine (+ slideshow + interview). More about New magazines: "Our goal was to map the domestic landscape"
In the second movie in our series we filmed at pop-up stores during Clerkenwell Design Week, UK director of self-publishing platform Blurb Teresa Pereira talks about how designers are bypassing traditional publishing houses and using the internet to create, publish and sell their own books. More about Blurb at Clerkenwell Design Week
Dezeenwire: Spanish architecture and design book publisher ACTAR has bought Swiss publisher Birkhäuser. More details from Actar below: More about ACTAR buys Birkhäuser