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

Lately

Meet Lately, the latest tech & business podcast from The Globe and Mail. The weekly 30-minute episodes tackle big heady topics like: the fake online review economy, technofeudalism, posting your layoff on TikTok, and more.

We established a modern and buzzy identity, pairing an open geometric sans-forward workmark with a reduced, pop-art colour palette and brought in Rose Wong to help us develop a custom illustration for the podcast cover.

“Studio Wyse’s designs break through the clutter of the media landscape. The team’s branding for The Globe’s Lately is punchy, bold and fun — it matches the voice of the show and pops on a user’s scroll of favourite podcasts.”

— Maryam Sanati Managing Director, Product Growth and Innovation, Globe Media Group

University of Toronto, 2024

U of T’s Spring 2024 issue features a 13-page feature package on AI: how it’s dramatically changing everything from medicine to music and what that means for the future. Illustrators Seba Cestaro and Risto Avramovski helped us bring these abstract concepts to life through vibrant colour.

We took advantage of the magazine’s digital presence to create an animated cover. We wanted to convey how AI has seemingly infiltrated so many aspects of life through a typographic approach. It also gave us the opportunity to experiment with Cavalry, a powerful 2D animation software.

This issue also covers ways Toronto can introduce more sustainable building methods, ableism in our health care system, a professor’s love for comics as a teaching tool, and much more.

The Autumn 2024 issue of U of T Magazine highlights how U of T students and faculty are working with peers and community partners around the globe to address some of the world’s most pressing issues. Bright colours and bold design elements, with illustrations by Kyle Ellingson and portraits by Duane Cole, combine to give this package an uplifting, hopeful feel — reflecting the progress of the work being done.

U of T Magazine Winter 2024 is all digital. The issue’s ‘feel-good’ theme coincided with the start of the new year and a time of resolutions. It includes stories on inspiring students bringing about change, the science behind the Mediterranean diet, a uniquely modern way to quit smoking, a prof’s insights on living a longer and healthier life, and more.

Working in a digital-only space allows us to think differently when approaching our commissions. Illustrator Rose Wong animated our spot illustrations to bring some playful energy to the page.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: SCOTT ANDERSON
CAMPUS EDITORS: Kate Martin and DON CAMPBELL

contributors: WINTER duane cole, lucy lu, pete ryan, rose wong spring risto avramovski, maaike canne, seba cestaro, carmen cheung, duane cole, masha foya, brent gooden, chris philpot, david sparshott Autumn Cole Burston, Duane Cole, Kate Dehler, Chloe Ellingson, Kyle Ellingson, Remie Geoffroi, Johnny Guatto, David Sparshott, May Truong.

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

Canadian Business, Fall 2023 & Spring 2024

CB’s Fall 2023 issue includes the annual “How I Made It” feature — celebrating some of Canada’s brightest business leaders — plus stories about the fall of Bridging Financial, Calgary’s office-conversion project, AI in the office, robots in the food industry and gorpcore gear.

The Spring 2024 issue includes interviews with six powerhouses that are the first women leaders at their companies — plus the winners of the annual CB Innovation Awards, a look inside the TIFF Lightbox’s struggle for survival in the aftermath of losing their title sponsor, how to remedy employee burnout, the evolution of hot sauce, and lots more!   

Client: St Joseph Communications
Editor-in-Chief: Charlotte Herrold

Contributors: FALL 2023 Chris Amat, Nicole Billark, Philip Cheung,
Kate Ince, Todd Korol, Mike McQuade, Mathieu Labrecque, David Sparshott, Tarn Susumpow, May Truong, Jenna Marie Wakani, Niklas Wesner. SPRING 2024 Carolina Andrade, Mecoh Bain, Nicole Billark, ALANNA CHELMICK, ANTHONIA BEJIDE, Carmen Cheung, Jackie Dives, Jess Ebsworth, Melissa Gamache, Nada Hayek, Vanessa Hill, Kate Ince, Soña Lee, Alexa Mazzarello, Ibrahim Rayintakath, David Sparshott, May Truong, Jenna Marie Wakani, Sunny Wu

Lafayette Magazine Rebrand

Lafayette College is a small private liberal arts college in the U.S. Founded in 1826, they are proudly independent and academically competitive, offering bachelor degrees in dozens of arts and sciences fields including five in engineering. 

When they approached us, both internal sentiment and feedback from the college community was that Lafayette is among their peers in every measurement that matters—they just weren’t showing it effectively. We set-out to completely re-envision their flagship communication vehicle—the quarterly alumni magazine, its digital counterpart and the supporting newsletter and social media channels. 

The goal was to position the college as an innovative, nationwide leader by showing the impact of its alumni, faculty, and students. We worked with the team to establish a strong editorial mandate and strategy, with more visual content and variety in story formats and a sprinkling of small details, entry points and elements of surprise throughout. 

The new magazine and supporting website are relevant, innovative and confident, telling authentic and meaningful stories while bringing in an energetic and dynamic visual approach. It evokes pride in Lafayette and offers alumni a backstage pass not found elsewhere, all aligned with digital assets that amplify and extend the depth and creativity of the printed stories.

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

University of Toronto, Spring & Autumn 2023

We went into a lab, a food bank, and even in the water to capture our subjects for the Spring 2023 issue of University of Toronto Magazine. Photographer Luis Mora helped us bring the vision of sea and sky travel to our cover story, echoing a Rohingya student’s courageous journey to freedom. Illustrator George Wylesol tapped into our retro video game nostalgia with his signature style. Photographer Christopher Katsarov Luna documented what goes on behind the scenes of the food bank system.

In the Autumn 2023 issue, we explore the impact of electric vehicles, working with photo-illustrator TYCO to create impactful and sobering imagery of what happens when we take too much from our earth, present new technology being integrated into the theatre space with help from photographer Kate Dockeray and her gels and illustrate the fragmented feeling of addiction and navigating the process of recovery with Gracia Lam.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: SCOTT ANDERSON
CAMPUS EDITORS: PATRICIA LONERGAN and DON CAMPBELL

contributors: spring OJIMA ABALAKA, KRISTINA DITTMAR, Chloë Ellingson, POLINA TEIF, CHRISTOPHER KATSAROV LUNA, maria medem, LUIS MORA, CHRIS PHILPOT, David Sparshott, dylan toombs, GEORGE WYLESOL autumn AMBER BRACKEN, Kate Dockeray, NICK IWANYSHYN, ALEX JACOBS-BLUM, GRACIA LAM, KAILEE MANDEL, David Sparshott, POLINA TEIF, MAY TRUONG, tyco, JIAQI WANG

Canadian Business, Winter & Spring 2023

CB’s winter issue includes stories about virtual health care, the evolution of psychedelic drugs, the funeral industry, recyclable jeans, fitness gear and lots more. 

The spring issue includes stories about the rise of ransomware crimes, building Canada’s hyperloop train, enticing employees back to the office, the evolution of board games and much more.   

Client: St Joseph’s Communications
Editor-in-Chief: Charlotte Herrold

Contributors: WINTER Nathan Cyprys, Nicole Billark, Kate Dockeray, Vanessa Hill, Kate Ince, Kyle Jeffers, David Sparshott, Aysha Tengiz, Jenna Marie Wakani, George Wylesol, Jaenam Yoo SPRING Nicole Billark, Colin Boyd Shafer, Daniele Castellano, Julia Dufossé, Kathleen Fu, Max Guther, Kate Ince, Richmond Lam, Melanie Lambrick, Janick Laurent, Lucy Lu, Carlos Osorio, Andy Rementer, David Sparshott, May Truong