Craft&design

Craft&design
craft&design issue 218, Nov/Dec 2011
CategoriesCrafts
FrequencyBimonthly
Founded2007
Final issueMarch–April 2017 (print)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Websitewww.craftanddesign.net
ISSN0953-9190

craft&design was a magazine based around crafts in the UK. The magazine was originally published as Craftsman Magazine from its launch in 1983 up until July 2007. Following the March–April 2017 issue, its print edition folded and became an only-online magazine. In December 2018, the online magazine and the "craft&design" website closed due to the retirement of their owners.

Craftsman Magazine was a publication for professional craftspeople and hobbyists wanting to sell their work, with a focus primarily on selling through Craft Fairs and Trade Fairs in Britain. The magazine developed alongside the UK craft industry and became an important resource for people wanting to earn a living from their work. The publishers, Angie and Paul Boyer, Directors of PSB Design, and Print Consultants Limited, first realized there was a need for such a publication when they were selling their own work at UK Craft Fairs in the early 1980s; there was nothing available at that time to inform people about the craft fairs, who organized them, where and when they were taking place or how to book stands at events.

As the UK Craft industry expanded and developed over the years, the publishers realised that the profile of the magazine needed to change as well, so in the summer of 2007 they relaunched the publication as Craftsman craft&design Magazine with a new format, new design and a more contemporary approach to the content. The aims remain the same, to help craftspeople in Britain to earn a living from their work.