I am a book designer for publishers of all sizes, providing art direction, cover design, and full book design and layout (both cover and interior together). I focus on literary fiction, topical non-fiction (history, memoir, essays, politics, and culture), and adult picture books (art, archaeology, history, cookbooks).
I run a small studio in Toronto, but work with clients in the United States and all across Canada, and am currently teaching book design for the Publishing Certificate through The Chang School, Toronto Metropolitan University.
What do I bring to your project?
- from concept to prepress, I work on the full cover (and interior if you’d like a full book design) including art direction, design, layout and typesetting for print books
- a focus on finding the right visual message that will best convey your work’s emotional and rational core to your intended reader
- a strong focus on typography so that your work is not only pleasurable to look at, it’s also enjoyable to read
- typeset in English and French; interior files are set up epub-friendly
And I have been honoured to have received both the AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers and The Alcuin Award for Excellence in Book Design.
A select list of past and current clients:
- Book*hug
- Biblioasis
- Coach House Books
- Figure 1 Publishing
- Harvard University Press
- House of Anansi Press
- The Aga Khan Museum
- Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Museum
- McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Before starting my own studio, I worked ‘behind the curtain’ as both a designer (McClelland & Stewart Publishers) and art director (Raincoast Books) so I know about most aspects of publishing and can help steer you through some parts of the process.