Mark Porter (born 15 March 1960, Aberdeen, Scotland) is a British publication designer and art director, and former creative director of The Guardian. [1] [2] Formerly he was the art director of the Evening Standard, the UK edition of Wired, and Colors.[ citation needed] He directed the redesign of The Guardian, [3] which was voted best-designed newspaper in the world by the US-based Society for News Design in 2006. [4]