Magpie Magazine
Art Director & Designer
Publishing / Editorial / Culture
A publication design for Magpie that explores pacing, composition, and editorial clarity. The work focuses on creating a balanced reading experience through typography, spacing, and visual rhythm, proving that editorial systems depend on structure to guide attention and sustain engagement over time.
Led the art direction and layout system across the publication.
Defined typographic hierarchy, grid structure, and overall visual tone.
Editorial design depends on structure to guide attention and sustain engagement. This work builds a system that supports varied content while maintaining consistency and readability. Without thoughtful pacing and hierarchy, readers disengage—making grid structure and typographic control critical to successful publication experiences.
Rhythm as structure. Use spacing, scale, and contrast to control pacing and create a natural flow across pages. Restraint over decoration, hierarchy drives clarity, spacing defines rhythm, consistency builds coherence—principles applied through grid-based layout systems paired with controlled typographic palettes.
Restraint over decoration
Hierarchy drives clarity
Spacing defines rhythm
Consistency builds coherence
A grid-based layout system paired with a controlled typographic palette. Careful use of whitespace and scale creates contrast, pacing, and continuity across spreads. Publication design, editorial layout system, typography, grid framework, and print-ready assets create a coherent reading experience that sustains engagement.
Publication design
Editorial layout system
Typography and grid framework
Print-ready assets
