DJB Design / Publication Design

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publication design

editorial publication design

Designing for the Pulitzer Prize-winning commentary series ‘State of Denial’ Ask: Create a series look for a year-long commentary

series, “State of Denial,” with design throughlines that offer a cohesive look between installments.

Tools: Adobe Creative Suite Deliverables: Designs would be used in digital

subscriber product (on mobile and tablet apps), on AL.com, in print, and in marketing.

Timeline: Each installment would be designed in 2 to 5 days.

From 2021 to 2024, DJB Design designed the covers

for AL.com’s daily digital subscriber product, The Lede,

and occasionally, other content that appeared on other platforms under the Alabama Media Group umbrella.

One such work was commentator Kyle Whitmire’s

series “State of Denial.” The year-long, 7-part series

did a deep dive into the systems of white supremacy

designed in a post-confederate Alabama that continue to affect the state. I was asked to create a visual

identity that could be a throughline for the series.

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Cover and Graphics Design of daily digital subscriber product ‘The Lede’ From 2021 to 2024, DJB Design designed the covers for AL.com’s daily digital subscriber product, The Lede. Content came from the AL.com newsrooms for The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times, and the (Mobile) Press-Register.

Each day would begin with a content huddle to map out the next day’s coverage and plan any other days that could get started.

Ask: Create a daily cover graphic for digital subscriber product.

Tools: Adobe Creative Suite, Slack, Zoom Deliverables: Cover graphic in JPG form that is used in The

Lede’s content management system as well as promotion in print editions, on AL.com, and on social media.

Timeline: Each daily graphic would take anywhere from 1-5 hours depending on complexity.

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Niche magazine design for Bay Area News Group Bay Area News Group produces daily newspapers

for The Mercury News, East Bay Times (formerly the

Oakland Tribune and Contra Costa Times) and the Marin Independent Journal, as well as a number of weekly publications. Up to 7 times per year, Bay Area News

Group produces niche magazines on a variety of topics, including: books, the outdoors, football and baseball

season previews, wellness, space, and so on. DJB Design does the layout for each magazine, communicating with

the newsroom, copyeditors, and other key stakeholders.

DJB Design has been working with Bay Area News Group since 2019.

Ask: Design a 72-page niche magazine for Bay Area News Group up to 7 times per year.

Tools: Adobe Creative Suite, Slack Deliverables: Packaged InDesign files following all edits and feedback and OK’d by the publisher.

Timeline: Typically 3 weeks per issue.

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