Editorial Layout — Meridian Magazine

Twelve-page feature layout designed for a quarterly arts and culture magazine.

Commissioned to design the feature well for Meridian’s autumn issue, a quarterly publication focused on arts, culture, and independent craft. The twelve-page spread needed to accommodate long-form prose alongside a substantial photography portfolio without either element overwhelming the other.

The solution uses a loose six-column grid that allows text to flow in two- and three-column configurations, with photographs breaking into the margins to create tension between orderly type and expansive image work. Display type is set in a condensed grotesque; body copy in a humanist serif at 9.5/15 for comfortable spread reading.

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