Creative Direction

Toronto Met University Mag 2025

The Winter 2025 issue of Toronto Metropolitan University Magazine includes startup founders sharing their secrets to success, the beneficial mental and physical effects of singing in a group, how AI tools are providing faster, more accurate diagnoses for diseases like breast cancer and Alzheimer’s, TMU’s sustainability initiatives, and much more.

For the cover feature we wanted to convey the rollercoaster ride of being an entrepreneur — the wins, losses, and the not so glamorous day-to-day grind. Through post-it notes we created a busy entrepreneur’s to-do list, with reminders and encouraging words that keep them going when things get hard.

client: Toronto Metropolitan University
Editor-in-chief: colleen mellor
contributors: duane cole, shay conroy, kanioko, stef & ethan, may truong, ryan walker

Willamette Magazine, Spring 2024

The Spring 2024 edition of Willamette magazine tackles big topics — the intersections of forest management and climate change, AI and data science, sustenance fishing and industry, just to name a few — and showcases how the Willamette community is addressing these issues both within their region and in the wider world. The university’s alumni comprise a smart, educated, caring community representing a wide range of ages, backgrounds, and interests. So the team set out to create a sophisticated yet vibrant publication that engages and instills a sense of sense of achievement in its audience – a magazine you’d be proud to display on your coffee table.

We incorporated many of our favourite elements from consumer magazines, including world-class photography, unique illustrations, and contemporary typography. From Clayton Cotterell’s photograph of Andrews Forest wrapping around the cover to George Wylesol’s surreal illustrations sprinkled throughout the fiction piece, the magazine is an immersive treat that is as original, modern, and impactful as the university itself.

 
The new magazine is truly amazing. To everyone involved, you did great work! I loved the professor, student, and alumni highlights, and the way those individuals’ stories were woven into larger narratives. It brought home what Willamette’s motto and mission look like in practice.
— Janelle Bovell, Willamette Alumni
 
 
 

CLIENT: Willamette University


EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Emily Boutilier


CONTRIBUTORS: Franziska Barczyk, Hannah Browne, Clayton Cotterell, christine dong, Grace J. Kim, Timo Lenzen, Celeste Noche, NashCo, George Wylesol

Toronto Met University Mag 2024

The winter 2024 issue of Toronto Metropolitan University Magazine includes articles on AI in the workplace, mindfulness for caregivers, a TMU prof and alum’s illustrious career in the fashion industry, the University’s new mascot, and much more.

Our cover story explores ways we can communicate about science in the age of misinformation, and how to discern fact from fiction.

client: Toronto Metropolitan University
Editor-in-chief: colleen mellor
contributors: hannah browne, leeandra cianci, wade hudson, alexa mazzarello, ebti nabag, dadu shin