The brief and the deliverables
Magazine design
Annual report design
Viewbook design
Catalog design
Guide design
Book design
Publishing & Editorial
Publication Design Services
Magazines, annual reports, viewbooks, catalogs, guides, research reports, and books for print and digital.
Challenges
Publication Design Services
What the project needs to accomplish
A publication people can navigate
A recognizable editorial voice
A reusable system for future issues
Companies we’ve worked with
A few familiar faces
Explore the scope
Choose where to start.
Magazine Design
Issue three shouldn't take as long to design as issue one.
Annual Report Design
A board member skims it. A shareholder reads every line. Same document.
Viewbook Design
A list of facts doesn't help someone picture themselves there.
Catalog Design
A shopper who can't find the right page gives up before they compare anything.
Guide Design
Answer the question out of order, and the reader stops trusting the guide.
Book Design
A cover has to sell in a thumbnail and hold up on a shelf.
Our process
From the first conversation to delivery.
01
Define the assignment
We map the content and the order a reader should encounter it in, before anyone touches a grid: the story arc, the sections, and the pacing between a big image and a dense page of text.
02
Develop and review
We build the system, grid, type, illustration, image treatment, and color, and hold to it spread after spread, so a hundred-page annual report reads as one coherent piece from cover to cover.
03
Prepare for use
We proof it carefully, prep production-ready files, and work the print specs and press check until the finished piece matches what we designed, down to the paper stock and the way the cover feels.
FAQ
Before we get started.
Do you write content too?
We can. Some projects need copywriting and editing from the outset; others arrive with content drafted and need editorial design and a copyediting pass to bring everything into one consistent voice.
Can you manage printing?
We prepare production-ready files and coordinate specifications with your printer, from paper stock to bindery. Printing itself is planned separately, and we stay involved through the press check to protect the final result.
Do you design for digital reading too?
Yes. Each publication is planned for print, a digital edition, or both, with every layout designed for its own reading environment, on paper or on a screen.