Sandow Design Group introduced in the present day it has acquired Azure, after the previously impartial Canadian structure and design publication entered chapter safety. Azure joins a protracted listing of structure publications owned by Sandow Design Group together with Metropolis, Inside Design, Design Milk, Architizer, and others.
Azure was based in 1985 by Sergio Sgaramella and Nelda Rodger, a husband-and-wife duo, and is headquartered in Toronto. In 2000, Azure was named “Journal of the 12 months” in the Canadian Nationwide Journal Awards. Rodger died in 2023, after helming Azure for 38 years with Sgaramella. The corporate has a sister publication, Designlines.
Azure lately celebrated 40 years of print publication with a particular Might/June 2025 situation that additionally included updates to its graphic design.
Except for its print publication and on-line presence, Azure launched AZ Awards in 2011 to acknowledge glorious work inside the structure and design worlds. It has additionally hosted conferences; this yr, its Human/Nature occasion was themed on local weather change adaptation by means of design.
“‘Design that issues’ was what my life and enterprise associate, Nelda Rodger, positioned on the middle of our editorial focus, sprinkled with curiosity, innovation, and the instinct for locating rising abilities,” Azure CEO Sergio Sgaramella mentioned in a press release, after the acquisition was introduced. “Sandow is Azure’s pure associate to proceed on this path.”
Sgaramella added he’s, “assured that Sandow Design Group will preserve and develop Azure’s distinctive mandate and perspective as a global media model.”
Adam Sandow, Sandow Firms founder and CEO, mentioned: “Before everything, I wish to honor the extraordinary visionaries who constructed Azure into one of the crucial admired voices in international design.”
“Sergio Sgaramella and his late spouse, Nelda Rodger, created a publication outlined by curiosity, intelligence, and an unwavering perception within the cultural influence of design. We’re extremely proud to steward Azure into its subsequent chapter,” Sandow continued.
Shifting ahead, Elizabeth Pagliacolo will stay in her position as Azure editor in chief. Azure senior editor Stefan Novikovic was laid off as a part of the acquisition, in accordance with a submit on LinkedIn.
Azure and The Architect’s Newspaper have collaborated as media companions.
