I first discovered Nest, a quirky quarterly interior design magazine in the Fall of 2000 at Border’s. The bright yellow exterior grabbed my attention and when I flipped through the issue (which was housed in a plastic zippered pouch), I was hooked. Instead of focusing on conventionally beautiful interiors, Nest zoomed in on the weird [...]

While I was in Phoenix a few weeks ago, I made a stop at Barnes & Noble for some much needed editorial inspiration to fuel a few upcoming print projects. While perusing the magazine racks, I came across Monster Children, a beautifully designed Australian title with an emphasis on skateboarding, photography, surfing and music. Though [...]

When it comes to offline inspiration, my primary source of design research relies heavily on magazines. By day, I do everything from branding to retail to web design but my personal, off-the-job passion is editorial design and fashion magazine layouts are what excite me most. Yesterday, as I was idly flipping through the October 2011 [...]

Sometimes adding type diagonally to a simple layout adds a fresh spin. I had completely forgotten about this cover that only subscribers to U.S. Elle received until last night when I was was searching for the new Rihanna cover (which also features some tilted type). In a way, it reminds me slightly of the first [...]

Perhaps the longest running print ad campaign in history (1949 to 1969), Maidenform bras were featured alongside the tagline “I Dreamed I….in my Maidenform bra.” The activities highlighted in the campaign were fairly ordinary (at least in the beginning), but the accompanying imagery was much more intriguing. My favorite ad from this epic series is [...]

I am a huge fan of Non-Format and I love this spread they designed for Very ELLE, a special biannual edition of the French version. All of The Typofiles can be viewed here. Tweet This Post

Something that seems relatively easy but usually turns out to be a challenge is creating a page layout with multiple images and stories. When you’re handed a folder of pictures and a text document, creating something visually pleasing feels like a game of type Tetris! I’ve had a number of editorial design projects lately and [...]

I am sure that everyone is sick of seeing me around town (and on the web) in the American Apparel Sheer Luxe Shapes Pantyhose in Nude / Black Punctuation so I just picked up the black version. Slightly dressier and a little less reminiscent of leg tattoos, I’ve already worn them a ton. Sheer black [...]

Here’s another gem from House Industries. All of The Typofiles can be viewed here. Tweet This Post

I just received a catalog from House Industries featuring the new Eames Century Modern type family and thought I’d share a few of my favorite pages. If you’d like to get your own catalog, click here. All of The Typofiles can be viewed here. Tweet This Post