Case Stories

The thinking behind the work, written down

We document selected projects as short editorial essays. Each one traces the background, the constraints we inherited, and the choices we made along the way, so the reasoning behind the finished work is as easy to follow as the work itself.

Open questions are part of every brief. These stories show how we worked through them, from early ambiguity to a functional outcome that holds up in production.

Selected Essays

Three projects, examined in detail

Layout Dilemma

Resolving a grid that refused to settle

An early brief asked for a dense information layout that still felt calm. We tested several column structures against real content and settled on a flexible grid that let the hierarchy carry the weight.

Typographic Hierarchy

Pairing a serif display with a quiet text face

The client needed a voice that felt authored without feeling precious. We explain how the display serif and the sans text face were balanced in size, weight, and spacing to create a clear reading order.

Production Materials

Choosing paper stock for the final run

Screen proofs looked right but the printed piece did not. We walk through the paper stock trials, the ink absorption tests, and the finishing decisions that brought the physical piece in line with the intended design.