Editorial and Publication
The long read
Design Disciplines · EXPLORE
Editorial design is the art of the page: books, magazines, newspapers, and reports. It demands mastery of grids, hierarchy, and typography that can hold a reader's attention across hundreds of pages.
The discipline invented many of the tools all designers now use — the grid, the masthead, the running head. On screens or in print, anyone designing long-form content is doing editorial design.
What gets designed
- Magazines and newspapers
- Books and covers
- Annual reports
- Digital publications and newsletters
Principles
- Readability comes first
- Grids create rhythm across pages
- Pacing keeps readers turning
- Images and text work as partners
Examples
- Penguin Classics covers
- Twen magazine by Willy Fleckhaus
- Ray Gun by David Carson
- The New York Times Magazine