01 / 03 · CLASSIC
The Literary
Journal
Warm, tactile, and deeply readable. A magazine-inspired system where photography, generous margins, and expressive serif typography give every story weight.
Open full direction ↗Prepared for Liberté PressWebsite + newsletter
One voice.
Three ways
to read it.
A working editorial design proposal—not a moodboard. Three complete publishing systems, shaped around the stories Liberté Press tells.Designed and built in San Francisco · August 2026
↓Explore the work
03 directions
18 story treatments
01 dispatch system
18 story treatments
01 dispatch system
The opportunity
Publishing the story is only half the work. The other half is making someone want to read it.
Liberté already has the point of view. This proposal gives it a place worth returning to.
Choose a direction.
Each concept is a complete, responsive example, not a limit. Choose one, combine pieces, or use them to start a new direction together.
The Literary
02 / 03 · MODERN
The Bold
Poster
Graphic, immediate, and unmistakable. Oversized type, cinematic image crops, and a kinetic story index turn every issue into a cultural event.
Open full direction ↗03 / 03 · MINIMAL
The Swiss
System
Precise, modular, and quietly confident. A rigorous grid makes a broad editorial universe feel coherent—whether it holds one essay or one thousand.
Open full direction ↗More than
a homepage.
01
Editorial system
Type, color, rhythm, hierarchy, reusable modules02
Story architecture
Features, essays, reviews, guides, and issue pages03
Newsletter direction
A Mailchimp-ready visual system with mobile logic04
Publishing details
Categories, metadata, image treatment, SEO structure05
Responsive behavior
Designed for phones, tablets, and wide editorial screensThe weekly publishing workflow
From draft
to published.
You send the raw materials. I turn them into one coherent editorial package for the website and the inbox.
Less production overhead for your editors. More attention on the story.01 / RECEIVEWord doc
Word doc
+ photographs
LIBERTE_ARTICLE_V3.DOCX1,842 words
The quiet rebellion of the paperback
Editor note · lead image?The handoff stays simple.A clean draft, an image folder, captions, and a few notes are enough to begin.
02 / SHAPEFormatted
Formatted
editorial article
The source becomes a story.Hierarchy, image crops, pull quotes, credits, links, and metadata are shaped into a deliberate reading experience.
03 / PUBLISHLive website
Live website
+ Sunday Dispatch
Ready to publish
Liberté PressBooks
The quiet rebellion of the paperback
Dispatch 124Sunday
A door you can close.
The week’s long read, one recipe, and one record worth hearing.
One story, every surface.The article goes live, the newsletter matches, and the final package is checked across phone and desktop.
Before anything goes live
Editorial QA
Responsive check
Optimized imagery
Alt text + metadata
The result: a repeatable weekly rhythm that keeps Liberté visually consistent without slowing the editorial calendar.
Built for ongoing weekly productionThe weekly relationship
The Sunday Dispatch.
Not an afterthought below the fold—a considered editorial product with its own rhythm, voice, and recognizable arrival in the inbox.
Liberté PressSunday · 7:00 AM
A book is a door
you can close.
One story, one recipe, and one record worth hearing—edited for the slow part of your Sunday.
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BETTER311
9.9Mrecords indexed
02cities covered
Dailydata refresh
Livedeployed product
Beyond the demo
We ship the whole thing.
Better 311 is a live civic platform we designed and built: millions of public records, a searchable interface, property reporting, real users, and a real data pipeline.
For Liberté, that means the design comes with the practical judgment to keep it consistent every week.
The next issue can look this good
Pick a direction.
We’ll make it yours.
Start with one paid article and one newsletter. Refine the system with real Liberté content, then build a repeatable weekly publishing rhythm.
Start the conversation ↗