Poetry London

Shop, archive and information hub for the enduring independent poetry magazine

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A page from the Poetry London website, which has a white background and mainly black, serif text. At the top is the Poetry London logo to the left, with a 'Menu' button to the right. Below is a paragraph of text in a large italic font, which has a thin, curved yellow border to its left, and reads 'Poetry London is an arts charity and leading international poetry magazine where acclaimed contemporary poets share pages with exciting new names.' Below is a small dinkus made up of a thin yellow horizontal line bisected by the 'p' from the logo. This is followed by a block with a light yellow background and darker yellow curved border, containing two different issues of the magazine piled on top of one another at a jaunty angle.

A new chapter

In Autumn 2022, Poetry London held readings at the Southbank Centre to celebrate their newest issue, which also featured the magazine’s first radical redesign in twenty years.

The Discover page from the Poetry London website, which has a white background and mainly black, serif text. At the top is the Poetry London logo to the left, with a 'Menu' button to the right. Below the page title is a Search field and button, followed by a variety of differently coloured buttons, labelled “All Posts, Columns, Editorials, Essays, Events, Interviews, News, Podcasts, Poems, Reviews, Vacancies, Videos”. Underneath is the top half of a block with a teal border with curved corners. Text reads 'Online Exclusive. Averse Miscellany: Palgrave's Golden Treasury. Camille Ralphs.' Below this is a tag shape with a teal background and the text 'Columns' alongside a black bullet, and the first line of the article follows before it is truncated by the crop of the image,
The Discover page from the Poetry London website, which has a white background and mainly black, serif text. At the top is the Poetry London logo to the left, with the site menu and social media logos to the right. Below the page title is a Search field and button, followed by a variety of differently coloured buttons, labelled “All Posts, Columns, Editorials, Essays, Events, Interviews, News, Podcasts, Poems, Reviews, Vacancies, Videos”. Underneath are two equal columns containing the top halves of two post blocks. The left-hand post is labelled an 'Online Exclusive' and has the title 'Averse Miscellany: Palgrave's Golden Treasury', whilst the only visible part of the right-hand post is an image of what appears to be a poster, made up of a collage of cut-out images and text, with the heading

Opening up the archive

Led by this elegant and thoughtful aesthetic developed by designer Hannah Phillips and Poetry London themselves, we worked with the team to devise a new digital home that would consolidate an extensive body of content into four core sections. These in turn were cultivated to inspire each and every user to explore and discover the wealth of archival content on offer, whilst broadcasting the myriad of ways to support and engage with the magazine and ‘be a part of the next 100 issues’!

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A product page from the Poetry London website, which has a white background and mainly black, serif text. At the top is the Poetry London logo to the left, with the site menu to the right. Underneath is the cover of the Summer 2023 edition of the Poetry London magazine. The cover has a violet background with white text which reads “Issue 105. Featured Author: Jay Bernard / Isabelle Raafi. Interviews: Don Paterson. Translations from Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Nepali & Spanish”. In the centre of the cover is an illustration of a person staring out at the viewer. To the right of the cover is the price £9.95, a quantity input, and an 'Add to cart' button. Below this are the words 'Physical magazine. Includes free UK shipping.' and below this is a yellow bordered box with the text
A product page from the Poetry London website, which has a white background and mainly black, serif text. At the top is the Poetry London logo to the left, with the site menu and social media logos to the right. Below is a small dinkus made up of a thin black horizontal line bisected by the 'p' from the logo. Underneath this is a very light blue panel with subtly rounded-corners bearing the title 'Contents' in large, centred text. Below this title is are two subsections, 'Editorial' and 'Poems', each containing a list of relevant articles, the latter of which is divided into two equal columns divided by a thin black line.
A page from the Poetry London website, which has a white background and mainly black, serif text. At the top is the Poetry London logo to the left, with a magnifying glass icon and the word 'Search' in the centre, and a 'Menu' button to the right. Underneath is a section designated by a rounded blue border, containing an image of what appears to be a poster, made up of a collage of cut-out images and text, with the most prominent text proclaiming
The mobile navigation menu from the Poetry London website, which has a rich yellow background and black, bold serif text. At the top is the Poetry London logo to the left, with a 'Close' button to the right. Links to 'About', 'Discover', 'Opportunities' 'Shop' and 'Log in' are displayed in a column, and at the very bottom is a row of social media icons.
A page from the Poetry London website, which has a white background and mainly black, serif text. At the top is the Poetry London logo to the left, with a 'Menu' button to the right. Underneath in a large font is the text