"Bringing in a designer at Roger's level indicates our commitment to great design and surpassing quality in our publications, both in print and online," said Barrie C. Goodridge, CEO of Edipresse Asia. "The industry is rapidly changing, and we reached out to a designer who is famous for adapting quickly to change, and often anticipating it."
Black is an early adapter of publishing technology, especially digital typography, desktop publishing, and then the web and tablets.
Although he has worked as consultant for groups such as Hearst Magazines (where he redesigned Esquire -- twice), Black is returning to the inside of a publishing company for the first time since he left Newsweek in 1987.
"The opportunity with Edipresse just became too compelling to turn down," Black said. "The group has made a beachhead at the high end of the most exciting market in the world. This is a big challenge, to develop the best magazines on all platforms in Asia. But if anyone can do it, it is the team that Edipresse has assembled," said Black.
Last year, Black worked on the design strategy of Today in Singapore. Previously, he led design teams at the Straits Times (Singapore), The Nation (Bangkok) and Kompas (Jakarta).
Black made his reputation in the 1970s at magazines such as Rolling Stone and newspapers such as The New York Times in the 1980s. In the '90s he took to the web with sites like MSNBC.com and @Home. In recent years, he has produced redesigns both for print and digital editions of the Washington Post and Scientific American. Black led the launch of The Sporting News, a hybrid iPad app built on Treesaver, an HTML5 publication platform he helped create.
He started his own publication design firm and co-founded the Font Bureau in the late '80s. He helped start three companies providing media design products: Webtype, Ready-Media and Savory. He is the author of two books on design and he writes an occasional blog.
About Edipresse Asia
With a history that can be traced back to 1762, Edipresse is a multinational group headquartered in Switzerland whose main interests are magazine publishing and digital media. Edipresse has been established in Asia since 2005, operating from its Hong Kong regional headquarters. Across the region, Edipresse publishes the renowned Asia Tatler series of magazines and websites. Other Edipresse magazines and websites include Home Journal, Revolution, Appetite, SandsStyle and worldtempus.cn.
For more information please contact:
Anne Krueger
Marketing Manager
Edipresse Hong Kong Limited
T: +852-2859-4339
Neelam Ganglani
Marketing Assistant
Edipresse Hong Kong Limited
T: +852-2859-4356