Editorial art direction
Grids, pacing, and typography that give every page the confidence of a well-edited magazine.
Explore the spreadsStudio Issue No. 09 — Independent Design Practice
We make brands worth reading.
What we do
Three disciplines, one editorial instinct: every deliverable is composed like a page, not decorated like a slide.
Identity systems
Marks, colour, and voice built to survive everything from business cards to billboards.
See the ratesPrint & digital
One system, two beautifully-behaved outputs — paper and pixels sharing the same spine.
How it worksHow a project unfolds
No mood-board theatre. You react to real layouts, in real type, from week one.
Listen & curate
We start with your archive, your audience, and your ambitions — then edit ruthlessly until one clear story remains.
Sketch & compose
Concepts arrive as rough spreads, not decks. You see the grid, the type, and the rhythm before anything is polished.
Press & publish
We art-direct production down to the last kern, then hand over a system your team can run without us.
Selected work
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Editorial Design · 2025
Meridian Quarterly
A 96-page literary quarterly re-set on a nine-column Bodoni grid. Circulation grew forty percent in two issues.
Deliverables: grid system, cover series, type specification, print supervision.
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Brand Identity · 2024
Kilo Coffee Roasters
An identity that treats every bag like a cover — origin stories on the front, brew notes on the back.
Deliverables: packaging system, art direction, launch campaign.
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Typography · 2025
Offcut Type Specimen
A 400-page specimen for an independent foundry, designed around the paper offcuts from their own press.
Deliverables: specimen design, digital companion site, launch poster.
Request the case studyKind words
Nimbus turned our annual report into something readers ask to keep on their shelves. The grid alone was worth the fee.
Dana Whitfield — Editor-in-Chief, Meridian Quarterly
They design like editors and edit like designers. Every spread came back sharper than the brief we wrote.
Marco Reyes — Founder, Kilo Coffee Roasters
Rates & editions
Fixed scopes, printed like a table of contents — no surprises between the covers.
Single Spread
$1,400 / project
- One focused artifact — cover, poster, or feature layout
- One concept round, two revisions
- Print-ready files in two weeks
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Full Issue
$4,800 / project
- A complete identity or publication system
- Three concept directions, unlimited revisions in scope
- Type & colour system, plus launch art direction
Studio Retainer
$3,200 / month
- Forty dedicated hours, priority scheduling
- Monthly design review with the principal
- Pause or cancel anytime
Questions, answered
What does a typical engagement look like?
Most projects run four to eight weeks: a curated discovery week, two rounds of composed layouts, then production. You see real spreads — never mood-board theatre — from week one.
Do you work with early-stage founders?
Often. The Single Spread tier was built for founders who need one sharp artifact — a deck, a site, a pitch document — before committing to a full identity.
How do handoffs and files work?
You receive editable source files, a written system guide, and a recorded walkthrough. Everything is yours, licence-free, on final payment.
Let's put your story on the front page.
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