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Quill Editorial

Brief

Quill needed an editorial system a fashion title could carry from the lookbook to the tenth issue. We wrote the photography and the type as one file.

Year
2024
Field
Fashion
Scope
/ Editorial / Site
Cadence
12 weeks

Quill

01

( Surfaces )

Lookbook to issue

Quill cover still
Cover
Quill lookbook still
Lookbook
Quill portrait still
Portrait
Quill issue still
Issue

02

( The mark )

Three rules

The system had to hold from the lookbook to the tenth issue.

( 01 )

One frame

Cover, lookbook, and issue share one type frame. A story does not get a second display face.

( 02 )

Photography leads

Color sits on the ramp. It does not compete with the picture.

( 03 )

The next desk

An editor who was not in the room can still ship an issue on-brand.

03

( In the file )

System

Quill type study
Type
Quill color study
Color
Quill grid study
Grid
Quill lockup still
Lockup
  • Type frame for cover and issue
  • Picture crops with jobs, not a moodboard
  • Layouts that reuse the same file
  • Site handoff in the working file

04

( Desk )

Quill

“The lookbook and the tenth issue finally share one frame. Photography stays the product, and type stays quiet.”

“Norio did not hand us a fashion moodboard. They handed us a file the desk could ship without calling the brand team.”

“Each issue stopped inventing a new grid. The ramp holds, and the picture still leads.”

Clara Nguyen

Editor, Quill

Amara Cole

Design lead, Quill

Jonah Ellis

Art director, Quill

Studio note · Quill

05

( What held )

File

20

Design files

10

Surfaces

12wk

Cadence