Editorial & Print Journal
Verve & Craft — The Quarterly Print Design & Typography Journal
A 148-page tactile collector's volume exploring industrial design and letterpress. Built on a mathematical 12-column baseline grid with variable French folds, gatefold inserts, split-duct ink fountain runs, and a velvet soft-touch jacket with blind spot gloss UV varnish.
- Category
- Editorial & Magazines
- Year
- 2022
- Role
- Editorial Designer
- Tools
- InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
01. Brief
Design a collectible quarterly journal about print and typography that itself showcases print craft.
02. Process
Built a 12-column baseline grid, paired a display serif with a grotesk, and planned French folds and gatefolds with the bindery from the start.
03. Solution
A 148-page volume on uncoated Munken with a Colorplan Ebony cover, spot UV, deboss and silver metallic ink.
04. Result
A reader-friendly, tactile object where layout, paper and binding all reinforce the editorial theme.
- Binding
- PUR Perfect Bound / Thread Sewn
- Text Stock
- 130gsm Munken Lynx Uncoated
- Cover Stock
- 350gsm Colorplan Ebony
- Finishes
- Clear Gloss Spot UV + Deboss
- Typography
- Freight Display + Akzidenz Grotesk
- Color System
- CMYK + Silver Metallic Ink (Pantone 877)