Designing Between Worlds
Spring 2026
Editorial design for a 600-page doctoral Dissertation ↗ on public and transition design in Latin America.
Designing Between Worlds
Spring 2026
Editorial design for a 600-page doctoral Dissertation ↗
on public and transition design in Latin America.
design system
My role was to build a visual system that could carry nearly 600 pages of dense academic text while feeling welcoming, credible, and intellectually serious. Every decision was made to make it feel closer to a book than an academic journal.
Design System
My role was to build a visual system that could carry nearly 600 pages of dense academic text while feeling welcoming, credible, and intellectually serious. Every decision was made to make it feel closer to a book than an academic journal.
Design System
My role was to build a visual system that could carry nearly 600 pages of dense academic text while feeling welcoming, credible, and intellectually serious. Every decision was made to make it feel closer to a book than an academic journal.
Layout
The grid had to accommodate two very different reading modes — dense theoretical text and full-bleed documentary spreads. Footnotes sit beside the passage they annotate, not at the bottom of the page.
Layout
The grid had to accommodate two very different reading modes — dense theoretical text and full-bleed documentary spreads. Footnotes sit beside the passage they annotate, not at the bottom of the page.
Layout
The grid had to accommodate two very different reading modes — dense theoretical text and full-bleed documentary spreads. Footnotes sit beside the passage they annotate, not at the bottom of the page.
Cover
The cover is built around pluriverse — the idea that multiple worlds coexist. I used AI image generation as a design tool, shaping the final image through iterative prompting and the author's feedback.
Cover
The cover is built around pluriverse — the idea that multiple worlds coexist. I used AI image generation as a design tool, shaping the final image through iterative prompting and the author's feedback.
Cover
The cover is built around pluriverse — the idea that multiple worlds coexist. I used AI image generation as a design tool, shaping the final image through iterative prompting and the author's feedback.
Timeline
Jan - Mar 2026
Client
Luis Garcia, PhD (CMU)
Tools used
InDesign, Generative AI
Reflection
Hundreds of small decisions revealed how much invisible labor goes into a page that simply feels right. Working with AI shifted my role from making to curating and directing.
Editorial Design, Generative AI
Timeline
Jan - Mar 2026
Client
Luis Garcia, PhD (CMU)
Tools used
InDesign, Generative AI
Reflection
Hundreds of small decisions revealed how much invisible labor goes into a page that simply feels right. Working with AI shifted my role from making to curating and directing.
Editorial Design, Generative AI
Timeline
Jan - Mar 2026
Client
Luis Garcia, PhD (CMU)
Tools used
InDesign, Generative AI
Reflection
Hundreds of small decisions revealed how much invisible labor goes into a page that simply feels right. Working with AI shifted my role from making to curating and directing.
Editorial Design, Generative AI
Designing Between Worlds
Spring 2026
Editorial design for a 600-page doctoral Dissertation ↗ on public and transition design in Latin America.