For the past thirty years, I’ve worked with startups, long-established brands, non-profits, authors, publishers, printers, and web designers. I’ve had the privilege to work for individuals with a story to tell and organizations with a product to sell or a mission to share. What do I do?
I design things, many different kinds of things: things you can see and even things you can hear. And, obviously, as you can see from my website, I design books, but not just any books.
I have been doing this long enough that I can choose what I work on, and so I do: they have to be books that aim to improve lives or make the world better.
It can be non-fiction or fiction, science, philosophy, poetry, or a good story, just so long as the intention that carried the manuscript into existence is a genuine desire to make a positive difference in the world.
If you want to teach people to mint NFTs, get rich by selling other people things they don’t need, or have written a Barbara Cartland novel, then I am not going to be the one who designs your book.
If, however, you want to change lives with your book, build a new society, or would be happy if it changed just one person’s perspective, then I would love to help make your book look as beautiful as the intention behind your words (or your pictures).
Projects
- Company Document DesignProject proposals, screenplay pitches, internal company documents, even financial reports, do not have to be dull visually. In fact the best way to engage clients, stakeholders, and internal management, in the content of such reports is to make those documents visually intriguing, maybe even artistic with a hint of fun. That documents need to clearly present the information they contain, is a given, and designing the layout structure to achieve that is vital. For as Massimo Vignelli said, "The
- Book Cover DesignThe material for the contents of this book came to the west in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, but originated in ancient China centuries before. The cover needed to portray a mid-20th century feel, but also hint at the idea of ancient. For this project, the cover design and palette form a base for a minimal and simplistic style, reminiscent of the 1950s and '60s, intended to give the sense of a slightly modernized retro feel. The layout of the cover elements follows the golden ratio principle. I reco
+ View all
Skills
- Book Design
- Typography Design
- Book Layout
- Book Covers
- Book Publishing
- Graphic Design
- Document Design
- Typesetting