Legacy Designer Zines
A series of three zines honoring Massimo Vignelli, Josef Müller-Brockmann, and Jan Tschichold; each designed in the subject's own visual language.
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Editorial Design
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Illustrator, InDesign
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Editorial/Print
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2023
Project Overview:
Three print zines. Each one studies a designer whose work fundamentally shaped modern visual communication and then becomes a demonstration of that work. Vignelli's zine is structured through modernist clarity and the NYC grid. Müller-Brockmann's reflects the precision of the golden ratio and mathematical layout. Tschichold's pays attention to typography as architecture. The constraint: build each one not as a report about the designer, but as evidence of their principles.
DESIGN INTENT:
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DESIGN INTENT: (˶◡‿◡)
– Design each zine as a formal exercise in the subject's own methodology
– For Vignelli: structure, clarity, modernist grid influenced by the NYC transit system
– For Müller-Brockmann: mathematical layout, the golden ratio as a compositional tool
– For Tschichold: typographic detail, hierarchy, and intentional white space
– Treat the three zines together as a unified series with individual design personalities
