Spine and cover design
I design all typography and illustrations as well as photograph and layout Plates, Vol.1 – 4’s front-, back- and inside covers.
Thoughts and processes of a creative bootstrapper
I design all typography and illustrations as well as photograph and layout Plates, Vol.1 – 4’s front-, back- and inside covers.
Plates Magazine I plan and design the entirety of Plates magazine cover to cover; from font selection colour palette, cover sign to spot illustrations. Straying from the minimalist style and overuse of white space (a concept evident in many independent magazines over the past decade) each spread is meant to inspire readers to go beyond …
I read through an accompanying piece to identify elements that can be illustrated through irony or humour. For cultural pieces, I look into both subtle and literal traits of the landscape of a story. Humour between the minimal lines for ‘Still Waters: a Story of Survival, Science and Self-indulgence’ (text by Ashwin Retnakumar; a commissioned …