Publishing World
Publication design is a symphony. It encompasses a realm that extends from the spiritual to the physical world where we are openly mesmorized by the content within. It is noise and silence, calm and tense, dark and light. Each spread is a stroke painted, a chord struck, a poem written, and for it to flow with it’s counterparts, it’s even a blank page. From cover to cover a unique story unfolds. It’s what we mean when we say we are guided by rhythm as we embrace intuition.
Select Collaborators: Fred Ortiz Collection, Harbor Day School, Idea Hall, NDN Collective, Smackbooks.
Fred Ortiz Collection2019 — 2023
From coffee table book to museum exhibition. This 66-page book is a narrative of Fred Ortiz’s relationship with the late Chicano artist Emigdio Vasquez. For 4 years we met and orchestrated Fred’s collection, memories, and memorabilia to create his story. The final crafted book caught the attention of Mark Hilbert and this collection of work was awarded a show, almost verbatim, in the new wing of the Hilbert Museum of California Art in February 2024.
BPC’s ROLE
Art Direction
Graphic Design
Copyediting
He Sápa: The Heart of Everything That IsThe first-ever LANDBACK Magazine was a year in-the-making and is very important work. These pages hold a lot of Indigenous joy combined with the real talk that LANDBACK is, which made for a beautiful rhythm as you flow through this 100-page symphony of activism.
BPC’s ROLE
Art Direction
Graphic Design
A Celebration of the Literary & Visual ArtsHarbor Day School in Corona Del Mar, California values the importance of arts education in the school community. This 80-page Annual solidifies their appreciation of literary and visual arts from the Fine Arts Department. Every grade (K-8th) is curated with artwork from select students fostering a life long love of the arts.
BPC’s ROLE
Art Direction
Graphic Design
Cystinosis Research FoundationThis complete magazine overhaul started in 2015. It included a new masthead, which became the Foundation’s logo, and a reorganization of the flow to the interior pages. 17 issues later, this 80-page semi-annual publication has become an important resource for all affected by the rare disease, cystinosis. It’s a place for the global cystinosis community to connect, where researchers share their progress, families tell their stories, and donors come to support it all. [see more]
BPC’s ROLE
Concept Creation
Art Direction
Graphic Design
Copywriting
Original Art
A Peculiar Perspective of People and Places"From Behind" is a photography book featuring an eclectic cast of characters all photographed from behind in various locations around the world. All 264 pages are filled with hidden-face folks sporting back tats, t-shirt sayings, interesting hair-don'ts, and questionable fashion choices... Each spread is juxtaposed to create a thought-provoking eye-brow lift, or provoke a smile — depending how you look at it. David Jerome is an award-winning writer & photographer from Fullerton, CA. His work appears regularly in the Orange County Register as Mr. Bucketlist.
BPC’s ROLE
Art Direction
Graphic Design