HUB Magazine is the official University of the West of England (UWE) student magazine. I had already been Head Designer of HUB for 2 years before this rename and rebrand in 2019. Having now graduated my 3rd and final year at UWE, I’ve now handed my role as head designer on and can’t wait to see how the next generation of students carry on the publication’s legacy.
Before 2019, the magazine was named HUB Voice, which made little sense to begin with and the logo wasn’t at all representative of our modern magazine. The logo consisted of a blue polygon with the magazine name in a horrid, sans-serif typeface with an oversized letter “H” italicised for some reason. Many of us on the committee had wanted a rebrand for a while, and a new name. After some committee voting, it was declared we would now be HUB Magazine, a clear, simple and descriptive name. We kept the HUB part as we were linked closely with another UWE society called HUB Radio and this made sense.