''Blueprint'' was an

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and design magazine that has been published in the UK between 1983 and 2020. It offered a mix of criticism, news and feature writing on design and architecture, directed at professionals and non-professionals alike.

Blueprint takes architecture and design as its starting point and brings these thing into sharp focus via context, comment and analysis. Architecture and design do not exist in a vacuum. -
Johnny Tucker Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females. Varian ...
, former ''Blueprint'' editor

The magazine took a parallel approach to the different design disciplines, reflecting a belief that fashion, product, furniture and architectural design can share ideas.

History

''Blueprint'' was first published in October 1983 by Peter Murray and Deyan Sudjic. It was launched and funded by major UK design world figures including

Terence Conran Sir Terence Orby Conran (4 October 1931 – 12 September 2020) was an English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer. He founded the Design Museum in Shad Thames, London in 1989 The British designer Thomas Heatherwick said that Conran ...

, Marcello Minale, Brian Tattersfield, and Richard Rogers.Blueprint New Era
Blueprint, October 2006 In 1983, Murray noticed a hole in the market for an inspirational magazine that presented lavish images and a critical analysis of the industry. He enlisted ''Sunday Times'' architecture critic

Deyan Sudjic Deyan Sudjic (born 6 September 1952) is a British writer and broadcaster, specialising in the fields of design and architecture. He was formerly the director of the Design Museum, London.LSE"Advisory board" retrieved 17 May 2013 Life and caree ...

as editor, who in turn recruited a team of young, astute writers including

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, James Woudhuysen,

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, Martin Pawley, and

Rick Poynor Rick Poynor is a British writer on design, graphic design, typography, and visual culture. Career He began as a general visual arts journalist, working on ''Blueprint'' magazine in London. After founding ''Eye'' magazine, which he edited from 19 ...

. Sudjic continued to edit ''Blueprin''t until 1994. ''Blueprints subsequent contributors included philosopher Edward Harcourt,

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JG Ballard, cultural critic

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and art critic

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. It has been edited by Sudjic, (who, since 2006, was director of the

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Design Museum), architect and critic

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, who edited the magazine from 2004 until 2010 went on to be director of architecture design and fashion at the British Council. The last editor was Johnny Tucker. ''Blueprint'' was published on a monthly basis until 2013 when the frequency was switched to bimonthly. The 369th issue of ''Blueprint'' was the last edition published in June 2020.

References

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