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Jen Blair Design

Jen Blair Design

Jen Blair designs engaging print and online experiences with emphasis in publication design, branding, websites, and illustration.

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Publication Design Design, Magazine, Typesetting

Magazine Design and Layout – World Literature Today

The following selections feature some of the editorial designs I did through the years as the art director for Word Literature Today. A hybrid literary journal and magazine, WLT balances between satisfying its longtime subscribers and attracting new readers who aren’t necessarily aficionados on what’s trending in international literature.

I worked with the BEST editors during my time at WLT, and I also worked with some amazing photographers, artists, and writers. I’m proud to share some of my favorite projects here.

The last issue I designed was the Summer 2020 issues and the following galleries show a handful of featured spreads in each issue going back to 2018.

Summer 2020

  • Opening two-page spread for the cover feature.
  • The honeycombs in the design reference the bees and feelings of fragmentation during the pandemic.
  • The Table of Contents is tidy with visual reference points.
  • With a subtle adjustment, a pull quote can become threatening fangs or pricked, alert ears.
  • With a subtle adjustment, a pull quote can become threatening fangs or pricked, alert ears.

I love extending the tone of a story into layout elements—in “Zoo Syndrome” I designed pricks on the pull quotes to represent threatening fangs and, with a flip, hyper-alert ears.

Winter 2020

2019 issues

2018 issues

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