Close-up of the "Making It Big" page in Courier Magazine, featuring large black typography within vibrant overlapping circles on a pink background.

Making it Big

Client:

Courier Magazine

Year:

2021

Services:

Graphic Design, Typography

Art/Creative Director:

Sophie Kirk

An opener treatment for Courier Magazine's "This issue is all about..." page · a recurring feature sitting next to the masthead, introducing the themes and topics of each issue.

The brief was open on look, with one condition · it had to move away from the magazine's in-house style while still holding all of the supplied editorial copy. The title breaks into overlapping circles, each carrying a fragment of the word. Colour separates the letters without losing the read, loud enough to sit apart from Courier's usual page treatment.

One of the first commissions to bring outside creative direction to a page the magazine had previously kept in-house.

"Making It Big" typography for Courier Magazine, featuring bold black typography within colorful overlapping circles on a pink background.
"Making It Big" page from Courier Magazine, featuring bold typography in colorful overlapping circles on a pink background.
"Making It Big" page from Courier Magazine, featuring bold typography in colorful overlapping circles on a pink background.
Courier magazine cover with the headline "How to Make It!" featuring a tie-dye artist at work. The magazine includes a page with my "Making It Big" typographic design.

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