Canvas Magazine — Issue AB

Print is not dead. It's just raising the bar.

Canvas Magazine (Summer 2026, Issue AB) is an independent editorial publication built around art, culture, style, and inspiration. The brief was clear: design a print magazine that could hold its own on a shelf next to Kinfolk and Architectural Digest — while speaking to a completely different audience.

The design direction leans into controlled chaos. Raw, expressive artwork by Art by Bart anchors the visual identity, with a high-contrast black editorial system built around it. Rather than competing with the cover art, the typography works with it — oversized masthead, bold section headers, and a tight three-color palette (white, gold, red) that gives structure without softening the energy.

Key design decisions:

Cover system: Full-bleed artwork with a layered typographic hierarchy — masthead, feature callouts, and badges coexist without crowding

Interior spreads: "Beyond the Lines" feature uses an asymmetric layout to mirror the editorial content — breaking the grid where the story calls for it

Newsstand positioning: Designed to command attention in-context, not just in isolation. The cover reads at distance and up close

The result is a magazine identity that looks like it belongs in culture, not just on a shelf.