Your online lab for mastering the art of visual storytelling. Dive into teardowns of iconic magazine layouts, learn professional techniques, and get inspired by the industry's top creators.

Visual Journal Craft

Struggling with font pairing? Learn the simple rules to choose beautiful and professional font combinations for your brand. Discover how to design with confidence!

Font Pairing: A Beginner's Guide to Choosing Fonts

Unlock the secrets behind the art. Our guide to New Yorker cover analysis teaches you to decode the visual storytelling in every illustration. Discover how.

New Yorker Cover Analysis: A Guide to Its Subtle Art

Tired of screen-to-print color nightmares? We review the best printers for graphic designers to get perfect, color-accurate proofs. Discover your perfect printer today!

Best Printers for Graphic Designers: Your 2024 Proofing Guide

Tired of flat layouts? This guide to typographic design shows you how to turn letters into powerful graphic elements. Discover how to create stunning, type-driven visuals today.

Typographic Design: A Guide to Using Type as Image

The ultimate photojournalist's gear guide. Discover the essential cameras and lenses that help you tell powerful stories and capture decisive moments. Learn more!

Photojournalist's Gear Guide: Cameras & Lenses for 2025

Stop wasting time on repetitive tasks. Discover 12 essential InDesign scripts and plugins that will automate your work and supercharge your design workflow. Learn how!

InDesign Scripts & Plugins: 12 Tools to Speed Up Your Workflow

Your designs feel cluttered? This teardown reveals how Kinfolk uses white space in design for luxury and focus. Discover their secrets and transform your work.

White Space in Design: A Kinfolk Layout Teardown

Struggling with low CTR? Learn how to write headlines that grab attention. We'll share powerful techniques and formulas to create expressive, SEO-friendly titles. Discover more!

How to Write Headlines: 9 Powerful Techniques (2025)

Decode the Monocle brand identity. We analyze its typography, layout, and photography to reveal its timeless appeal. Discover the complete system.

Monocle Brand Identity: A Teardown of Its Visual System

Master magazine spread design with our guide to creating a killer feature opener. Learn the key elements and a 4-step process to hook readers instantly. Discover how!

Magazine Spread Design: Anatomy of a Killer Feature Opener

Master editorial design. We break down WIRED's feature spread design to reveal their secrets for visual storytelling and guiding the eye. Discover how.

Feature Spread Design: A WIRED Teardown for Creatives

Stuck for magazine spread ideas? Spark your creativity with 30 stunning examples of editorial design. Discover layouts that will inspire your next project now.

Magazine Spread Ideas: 30 Jaw-Dropping Layouts

Unlock the power of Gestalt principles in your work. Learn 5 core rules of visual perception to create clearer, more intuitive designs. Discover how today!

Gestalt Principles: 5 Rules of Perception for Designers

Struggling with commissioning an illustrator? Our step-by-step guide covers writing the brief, finding talent, and managing the process. Get predictable, brilliant results. Learn how!

Commissioning an Illustrator: The Art Director's Guide

Feeling like your designs are cluttered? Learn how using negative space in design creates visual hierarchy and sophistication. Discover the power of what you leave out.

Negative Space in Design: Master What You Leave Out

Stay ahead of the curve with the latest magazine color trends. Discover the palettes defining editorial design this season and elevate your layouts. Learn more!

Magazine Color Trends: The Hues Dominating Design Now

Learn how to create a mood board that defines your visual direction and gets client buy-in. Discover our step-by-step process for designers.

How to Create a Mood Board: A Guide to Visual Direction

Struggling with story pacing? Learn how to control narrative rhythm and flow across chapters to keep readers hooked. Discover pro techniques today!

Story Pacing: Master the Flow of Your Multi-Page Story

Master visual hierarchy with 5 essential techniques. Learn to guide the reader's eye on any busy page, from feature spreads to web layouts. Discover how.

Visual Hierarchy: 5 Techniques to Guide the Reader's Eye

Deconstructing the legendary George Lois Esquire cover featuring Muhammad Ali. Discover how this iconoclast broke the rules of advertising to create a cultural statement.

Design Foundations

Font Pairing: A Beginner's Guide to Choosing Fonts

Typographic Design: A Guide to Using Type as Image

Gestalt Principles: 5 Rules of Perception for Designers

Negative Space in Design: Master What You Leave Out

Story Pacing: Master the Flow of Your Multi-Page Story