From the Nominator

"Nonesuch is the magazine for the Bristol alumni community. It communicates the values and ambition of the university through telling the stories of its people and their work and lives; and it engages and celebrates our global alumni body, deepening the ties between this community and Bristol, both the city and the university.   

Nonesuch began publishing as an alumni magazine in 1991, but takes its name from the university’s first student magazine, which was first published in 1911. Nonesuch’s masthead, art direction and editorial tone had remained largely unchanged since 2011, and had become increasingly cold, corporate and templated.   

For the June 2022 issue, we completely overhauled the creative approach, editorial style, print mailing strategy and digital presence for Nonesuch. The new magazine combines original research, diverse and topical alumni profiles, news stories and imaginative design to bring to life the culture and creativity of the city and the University of Bristol. Its strength lies in its depiction of different aspects of the university experience—a day in the life of an academic, a student society, alumni in their field of work—in distinct ways, that reflect the diversity of campus life.  

The print magazine was mailed to almost 100,000 alumni in priority geographic locations, with detailed segmentation based on confidence in the accuracy of constituent postal addresses. The digital magazine was built using Shorthand, enabling us to fully showcase original creative and imagery for the first time, and emailed to 80,000 alumni and friends."

From the Judges

Great cover and tasteful use of color throughout. The feature article makes scientific research accessible in an unusually effective way.