Magazine Design and Art Direction

I have two decades of magazine and print design experience. I was a Group Art Director at Penton from 2004-2009, designing and art directing three titles for the publisher. In that time I participated in the award-winning redesign of Direct Magazine and received multiple Society of Illustrators honors for my work with such wonderful artists as Ken Orvidas and Drew Friedman.

Promo Magazine

I Art Directed Promo from 2006-2009 and helped oversee the redesign of the magazine in 2007.

Promo cover; illustration by Michael Doret

Promo feature spread

Promo cover

Promo feature spread; photo by Curt Goodwin

Promo cover; photo by Curt Goodwin

Promo feature spread; photo by Dirk Eusterbrock

Promo cover; illustration by Drew Friedman

Chief Marketer

I Art Directed Chief Marketer, a digest-size quarterly, from its inception in 2008; it was great to be a part of conceptualizing a magazine design system from scratch.

Chief Marketer feature spread

I was the Art Director at Direct Magazine from 2004-2009. I helped oversee Direct's award-winning 2007 redesign, which moved the magazine from tabloid size to A4, refreshed every element of the design from the logo to the typeface selection, and placed an emphasis on high-level illustration that garnered multiple Society of Illustrators honors (including a year's best for the Ken Orvidas piece below and a gallery presentation for Drew Friedman's "E-Nough" cover).

Direct cover; illustration by Guy Billout

Direct feature spread

Direct cover; illustration by Drew Friedman

Direct feature opener; illustration by Ken Orvidas

Direct front-of-book page

Direct front-of-book spread

Direct cover

Direct feature opener

Direct back-of-book page; yes, Herschell Gordon Lewis was a columnist for Direct Magazine

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