Designing select features provided a great opportunity for me to work with various collaborators to help tell a unique visual story across several spreads of the magazine. I art directed several photo shoots, both on location in cottage country and in studio. With a background in Biology and Biodiversity, I was the go-to Designer for nature features. Using my knowledge of the natural environment, I guided illustrators from rough concepts through to finished artwork that enabled readers to identify species while still enjoying the whimsy that only good illustrations can achieve. My experience with packaging and 3D design lent itself well to designing several project features and art directing technical illustrators towards the development of highly detailed project plans. Working on these features not only brought the fun challenge of visually representing seasonally specific content for the reader, but also helping to set the tone of the issue as a whole.
Knowledge: Art Direction, Layout Design, Information Design
Programs: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Details: Feature stories completed for Cottage Life Magazine
Award: AWARD OF MERIT for Art Direction of a Single Story 35,000 or more circulation: “Skip the House, Buy the Cottage" (by Michelle Kenny and Kim Zagar), was given in October 2019 by the International Regional Magazine Association.