About Us

Grand Designs Live is organised by Media 10 - a youthful, exciting publishing and events company with the creativity, imagination and flair to take trade/consumer publishing and exhibitions to a new level.

Our talented team of individuals work with commitment, passion, creativity and pride, always striving to produce the best publications and events possible.

Our award winning portfolio includes icon magazine, the leading international architecture and design magazine; Grand Designs, the magazine of the best home and property programme on TV, The SelfBuilder, a monthly resource for anyone looking to refurbish, restore or indeed build their own home, on office magazine, the latest mag to hit the office design world with a bang, The Ideal Home Show, the UK's largest home exhibition in the UK, Grand Designs Awards and The Duke of Essex Polo Trophy.

As well as producing magazines, supplements and events of the highest quality, our award-winning editorial and design teams also produce magazines for a number of contract publishing clients including the Performing Rights Society as well as the Spanish Embassy.

We are committed to continued growth and expansion, which includes taking our most successful brands into overseas territories in 2010.


Events

Grand Designs Live

Grand Designs Live is the UK’s no. 1 consumer show for design and innovation. Based on the hugely successful Channel 4 TV series – presented by design guru Kevin McCloud – Grand Designs Live will inspire you with the latest design ideas for your home. Packed full of new show features, more celebrities and great expert advice.

Grand Designs Awards

The Grand Designs Awards have invited and rewarded some of the finest examples in house design from self build projects to volume housing, as well as the best interior, exterior and sustainable products available to the consumer.

To visit the Grand Designs Awards click here

The Ideal Home Show

The event has been running for over 100 years and established itself as part of the social calendar of events and regularly attracts over 250,000 visitors every year.

Media 10, has recently taken over ownership and will be responsible for staging the show next March at Earls Court.

The Ideal Home Show is a national institution and plans for the forthcoming years will ensure it retains its status as the foremost location for property loving consumers.

To visit the Ideal Home Show click here

Duke of Essex Polo Trophy

The Duke of Essex Polo is an event that aims to bring polo to the masses, offering everyone the opportunity to experience this thrilling sport. The event aims to draw support for the sport, by opening the doors to all. It is very much seen as a fun day with the addition of exclusive VIP hospitality that has grown to 1000 guests and the evening has established itself as a fantastic party.

Over 7,000 members of the public turned out for this year's Duke of Essex Polo.

To visit the Duke of Essex Polo click here

 

Magazines

Grand Designs Magazine

Grand Designs Magazine is the perfect complement to its namesake Channel 4 TV show. We spot the latest trends in design and identify the hottest designers to look out for, plus there are tons of practical ideas and advice for the home. Whether you’re embarking on your very own grand design or simply doing up the living room, you’ll be inspired.

To visit the Grand Designs Magazine website click here

icon

icon is one of the world's finest architecture and design magazines. Beautifully presented and accessible, rigorous and insightful, icon shows you exactly what's happening in architecture and design today, and what it means for the future.

To visit the icon website click here

Onoffice

Onoffice takes a brand new view on the world of workplace design. All things office come under the onoffice microscope, from cutting-edge interior projects through technology and products to real human issues.

To visit the Onoffice website click here

M Magazine

 M is a quarterly magazine published by Media 10 for the MCPS-PRS Alliance. M aims to reflect the diverse concerns and common interests of its members, to provide a forum for debate and, of course, to entertain!

To visit the M website click here

Spanish

Spanish covers furniture, lighting and fabrics and is instrumental in promoting Spanish design to a worldwide audience. The magazine is renowned for its stylish graphic design as well as incisive journalism.