I was the art director for and oversaw the award-winning redesign of a weekly print publication that covered local politics.
Tag: Editorial Design
A guide to scheduled shows for a regional music festival
Portland alt-weekly, Willamette Week, sponsors and commemorates MusicfestNW each year by publishing a guide to the festival. The guide features schedules, insider tips, previews and articles on bands of note. The content is seamlessly integrated using varying column widths, arrows and banners to break up the large areas of text. High quality photos are emphasized… Continue reading A guide to scheduled shows for a regional music festival
A gift guide for a local alternative weekly
The Holiday Gift Guide is a curated list of Willamette Week‘s favorite holiday items. Volume 1 of 2009’s guide organized gifts around various personalities and Volume 2 showed last minute gift ideas including gifts for under $50. The typography is playful and uses a color scheme that includes winter shades as well as their neon… Continue reading A gift guide for a local alternative weekly
A guide to local nonprofits
2009’s Give!Guide campaign received over $1,000,000 from Portland residents for local non-profits. The goal for the design was to engage Give!Guide’s target 35-and-under demographic. The design process started early so we were able to frame questions for non-profits in order to solicit answers that were made into interesting graphics. The “What $25 will do” spread… Continue reading A guide to local nonprofits