Monograph · Original
An art journal with the scale of a printed issue.
Monograph is an independent art and culture journal for curious readers. Its editorial world brings together exhibition visits, artist conversations, and considered writing on the spaces around us. A generous serif masthead and deep gallery blue establish a confident publishing identity, while warm paper surfaces give photographs room to breathe. The magazine moves between large visual essays and shorter studio notes without flattening them into the same format. Readers can explore stories by subject and save the pieces they want to return to. The experience feels like opening a beautifully printed issue, with the ease of a digital reading room.
- Role
- Brand identity and frontend design
- Year
- 2026
- Platform
- Responsive website
- Status
- live
The problem
A journal needs to move between a large visual essay and smaller studio notes without flattening their editorial differences. The printed issue should feel connected to the digital reading room.
What I built
The original editorial composition with subject filters, expandable story notes, a saved cover essay and an illustrated printed-issue spread.
Inside the product.
Screens from the working product, with demonstration data.
Desktop website
A large Commune masthead establishes gallery blue and warm paper before the opening visual essay. The cover, byline and editor note retain a magazine-like hierarchy.
Scroll sideways to inspect the interface.
The choices behind it.
Brand identity and frontend design
Give the masthead a generous pause
A large Commune masthead establishes gallery blue and warm paper before the opening visual essay. The cover, byline and editor note retain a magazine-like hierarchy.
Make the small reading choices visible
Subject filters reveal the studio notes, story controls open an excerpt and the cover essay can be saved for the visit. A full-width printed-issue spread closes the journal.
An open journal spread
Two open editorial columns form an abstract journal spread, holding art and criticism in conversation.
From start to finish.
- Read the opening visual essay
- Filter or expand a studio note
- Explore the printed issue
Build details Stack, scope, and implementation
Built with
- React 19
- TypeScript
- Vite
- CSS
Areas
- Web design
- Brand identity
- Editorial
- Art magazine
- Culture
- Exhibitions