Role Overview
Role: Graphic Designer (Editorial)
Focus: Layout design, typography, visual structure
Context: Academic collaboration with Amnesty International (KSA)
Overview:
Signs of Hope is an editorial publication produced in partnership with Amnesty International and Kingston School of Art, documenting student-designed interactive installations addressing global social, ecological, and political issues.
The Challenge:
The publication needed to translate diverse, three-dimensional installations into a cohesive printed format without flattening their individuality or emotional impact. The challenge was to balance consistency with sensitivity, while aligning with Amnesty’s activist ethos.
Concept & Approach:
The editorial approach prioritised clarity, restraint, and respect for content. Swiss editorial principles informed the underlying structure, allowing the design to support a wide range of tones and narratives without competing with the work itself.
Process:
Working collaboratively with designers Jack Li and Nicolai Engberg Røscher, I contributed to layout design and typographic development. A modular grid system was developed to accommodate large-scale imagery alongside focused text passages, with pacing and hierarchy carefully adjusted to guide the reader through varied themes.
Outcome:
The final publication presents student work with clarity and care, demonstrating how considered editorial design can support activist storytelling through structure, restraint, and visual coherence.
