A comprehensive editorial design system for Harappa Publications — translating long-form content across books, courses, and editorial publications into structured, readable narratives, supported by a consistent visual and illustration language across print and digital formats.
75 Thrive Skills — three copies of the published title, demonstrating the typographic and colour system: yellow brand foundation, debossed type, and foil-stamped numerals applied consistently across the print run.
Interior spread — "Powerful Storytelling" chapter layout demonstrating the grid system, typographic hierarchy, and mixed-media illustration integration. The editorial framework balances dense content with visual breathing room and clear navigation.
Framework overview — the complete "Wisdom That Inspires Us" spread showing how the Thrive Skills taxonomy (Think, Solve, Communicate, Collaborate, Lead) is systematically presented within the editorial grid system.
Embossed cover study — the Growth Journal's "GROWS" treatment catching light across the yellow cloth cover, turning the companion title's central provocation into a tactile brand moment before the reader even opens the publication.
Motivational typography — the “Do One Thing Every Day That Grows You” phrase carried as a soft typographic reveal, pairing minimal composition with one precise metallic emphasis.
“Think” chapter spread — a full-bleed skill opener where collage, typographic scale, and structured competency lists work together to make a dense learning taxonomy feel vivid and navigable.
Quiet reading spread — long-form reflective content held in a restrained editorial frame, using generous white space, narrow measures, and angled composition to slow the page into a contemplative pause.
Chapter opener — "Attention" section showing the system's approach to minimalist page layouts. The hand-pulling illustration demonstrates how custom artwork integrates within the editorial framework while maintaining visual consistency.
Marketing video — the editorial system carried into motion, extending the 75 Thrive Skills launch from publication design into a composed moving narrative.
Publication detail — the 75 Thrive Skills cover shown from a different angle, with the foil-stamped numeral and debossed type catching the light across the yellow cloth-bound stock.
Editorial design at its best is invisible — the reader moves through content without noticing the system holding it together.
— Design approach, Editorial Design & Publishing System, Harappa Publications, 2022
Reviewing Harappa's existing published output across formats — identifying structural inconsistencies, understanding the range of content types in production, and establishing the system logic the editorial framework needed to address. Determining what was shared across all formats versus what needed format-specific rules.
Building the core editorial infrastructure — the grid system, typographic hierarchy, and spacing logic that would govern how content sat on the page across print and digital contexts. Designing for dense long-form text as the primary use case, with clear navigation structures for chapter openers, pull quotes, captions, and callout elements.
Developing the rules for how Harappa's mixed-media illustrations were integrated into editorial layouts — scale, placement, bleed treatment, relationship to text columns. Ensuring the illustration language and the editorial system reinforced each other rather than competing, and that the integration logic could be applied consistently by production teams.
Adapting the editorial system across formats — print book production, course materials, digital editorial content, and the Independence Day publication — each requiring specific production preparation. Producing the marketing video for the Independence Day book launch, extending the project's scope from print publishing into motion content.
Open to senior in-house roles, design consultancy partnerships,
and long-term freelance or retainer engagements
— particularly within Europe.