editorial design
Editorial design built for print that lasts. From luxury magazines and award-winning cookbooks to corporate publications distributed across six countries — with clients including Funke Media, Bauer Media, and Monocle.
European Publishing Award 2021 · German Design Academy Silver Medal 2023 & 2024
SISSI — THE COMPLETE PROJECT
CLIENT: Funke Media GmbH
3 magazines · 1 cooking magazine · 2 cookbooks
AWARDS: European Publishing Award 2021 · German Design Academy Silver Medal 2023 & 2024
Romy Schneider's Sissi is part of German cultural memory. When Funke Media decided to build a publishing universe around it, I led the project as Art Director, Creative Director, and Designer across six volumes.
We visited Schönbrunn Palace, sourced original film archives, scenario writings, and costumes. The early colorisation of black-and-white stills I did myself. Every spread balanced the film with the real history of Empress Elisabeth.
The first magazine won the European Publishing Award in 2021. Two cookbooks followed — and won back-to-back German Design Academy Silver Medals in 2023 and 2024.
ICONIC: APPLE INNOVATION — SECOND EDITION
CLIENT: Private Publication & Funke Media GmbH
EDITION: Second Edition Coffee Table Book
The first edition of Jonathan Sufi's Iconic was published in 2013 — a landmark book for anyone who loves Apple. A decade later, it needed more than an update. It needed a redesign worthy of everything that had happened since.
I modernised the entire layout, integrated new chapters covering a decade of Apple products, and worked with photography sourced from around the world — including images of discontinued products tracked down by a photographer who flew wherever the trail led.
The second edition is bilingual — English and German — and carries forewords from Steve Wozniak, Jim Dalrymple, Eric Slivka, and Benjamin Wilson, industrial designer at Braun. A heavy, luxury coffee table book for people who understand that Apple's design legacy is worth documenting properly.
FASHION STORIES — BOOKAZINE SERIES
CLIENT: Funke Media GmbH
Not magazines. Bookazines — designed for long shelf life, built to be kept.
Each volume tells the complete story of one fashion house, developed in direct collaboration with brand representatives from Gucci, Versace, Prada, Dior, Louis Vuitton, and Balenciaga. From founding ateliers to contemporary collections, every issue traces a house's creative DNA — designers, timelines, archival photography, brand extensions into architecture, fragrance, and product design.
The challenge was creating a consistent editorial framework strong enough to hold six very different visual identities, while giving each house the space to feel entirely its own.
SURRENDER: GAIA RETREAT & SPA
CLIENT: Gaia Retreat & Spa
FOUNDED BY: Olivia Newton-John
A coffee table book for one of Australia's most celebrated wellness retreats, founded by Olivia Newton-John and three partners in the hills of Byron Bay.
I led the creative direction and design — translating the retreat's philosophy of stillness and restoration into a visual language that could hold its own on a coffee table without feeling like a brochure.
MONOCLE NEWSPAPER GERMANY
CLIENT: Monocle & Funke Media GmbH
FORMAT: Newspaper Launch
The German-language edition of Monocle — a single landmark launch bringing one of the world's most design-conscious publications to a new market. I adapted Monocle's signature editorial language for German readers while keeping the visual integrity the brand is known for.
CLIENT: JetHQ
INDUSTRY: Private Aviation Brokerage
128-page internal sales training manual for a global aircraft brokerage team of 40 professionals. Standardised onboarding processes, communication frameworks, and sales methodologies across 10 comprehensive chapters.
Result: 40% improvement in staff information retention.
Jethq sales manual
NATIONAL SAFETY AND QUALITY HEALTH SERVICE STANDARDS GUIDE FOR AMBULANCE HEALTH SERVICES
CLIENT: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
PUBLISHED: August 2024
FORMAT: Accessibility-Compliant Standards Guide
Comprehensive implementation guide interpreting the NSQHS Standards for ambulance and out-of-hospital care services across Australia. Developed in collaboration with industry experts to provide evidence-based examples and strategies for aligning patient safety and quality improvement programs with national standards framework.
Designed with accessibility compliance to ensure universal access across all ambulance health services implementing voluntary accreditation.
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