Page Turners

Magazines, Catalogs & Booklets

In my mind, publication design is a form of rebellion. The tactile experience of turning the pages of a printed book or magazine can be a joyful resistance to screen reading. Print media has greater potential for historic permanence and these carefully-crafted pieces are friendlier to share with others than links that are eventually buried in a digital thread.

My clients benefit from my geeky love of this medium, from magazines to catalogs and reports. I love the process of making all of them just the same. Kerning letters, aligning text boxes, adjusting margins, and building consistent paragraph styles is a poetic endeavor. The process of selecting and cropping images that captivate the reader is just as important as the minute tweaks to each spread until the balance of copy and artwork locks up with that perfect vibration.

Magazine Design Feature

Hand Papermaking

Hand Papermaking is an acclaimed art journal featuring stories and work that advances the art and process of papermaking, published since 1986. This 48-page color publication is mailed to national and international subscribers biannually and celebrates work from emerging papermakers and esteemed contemporary artists, as well as renowned artists such as Picasso, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, and Josef Albers. The publication’s paper portfolios are archived in libraries nationally, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian.

My roles include publication design, content flow and layout, image color correction, and working with the editor to manage and refine the house styles. In 2024 I was assigned the role of production manager. Working collaboratively with the editor to design each issue, I am honored to have been part of the Hand Papermaking team since 2017.