Zines and magazines require careful editorial design — balancing personality with readability, structure with spontaneity. This service is for publications that need to feel intentional and carefully curated.

Timeline: 3–5 weeks Investment: $2,500–$4,500 (depending on page count and complexity) Note: You provide all written content and any photography/illustrations; I design the publication.

Publication design and layout

Typography and grid system

Visual identity for the publication (if needed)

Editorial design for features, columns, and sections

Print-ready PDF files

Up to 40 pages (additional pages: $75–$100 per page)

Independent publishers and collectives

Ongoing serial publications

Special editions or commemorative issues

Literary journals and cultural publications

A photo book is one of the most considered ways to present visual work — and one of the easiest to get wrong. Sequencing, pacing, white space, and type all shape how images are experienced. This service is for photographers and visual artists who want their work held together by a design logic as intentional as the work itself.

Timeline: 3–6 weeks Investment: $3,000–$5,500 (up to 80 pages)

Note: You provide the final, print-resolution images and any text; I design the book. Assistance with printer selection and file submission available upon request.

Editorial layout and image sequencing

Typography system and grid structure

Cover design (front, back, and spine)

Colophon, captions, and front/back matter

Print-ready PDF files optimized for your chosen printer or publisher

Up to 80 pages (additional pages: $50–$75 per page)

Photographers self-publishing or submitting to open calls

Artists creating exhibition or portfolio books

Collectives producing collaborative image-based publications

Whether you’re publishing a monograph, memoir, essay collection, or business book, editorial design ensures your content is presented with the clarity and sophistication it deserves.

Timeline: 4–16 weeks (depending on length and complexity) Investment: $3,500–$6,000 (interior only, up to 200 pages)

Interior layout and typesetting

Chapter opening design

Typography system and grid structure

Running headers and page numbers

Table of contents and front/back matter

Print-ready PDF files (and ebook formatting if needed)

Up to 200 pages (additional pages: $10–$30 per page)

Note: You provide the final, copyedited manuscript; I design the book. Cover design available separately (+$1,500–$2,500).

Authors self-publishing or working with small presses

Organizations publishing reports or monographs

Thought leaders producing substantive work

Studio Kalili offers select services beyond our core Editions — designed for moments when your work requires additional strategic or editorial support. These aren’t à la carte offerings. They’re intentional extensions of the systems we build together.

Most Extensions are available only to clients with an established Studio Kalili brand identity — ensuring everything we create maintains the coherence and rigor of your Edition.