
Skills Publication Design, Content Design
Software InDesign, Figma
Course Advanced Typography
Mitchell Johnson’s nearly decade-long career as a design leader has focused more on strategy rather than hands-on design work—how do I create an visually engaging and fun eight-page newspaper that showcases his insights without being able to rely on many visuals from his archived past projects?



Bringing playfulness with spot illustrations

Breaking down Mitchell's extensive career
It made the most sense to structure my design into three sections:
—Introduction, Design School & Transition to
Industry
—Designing for Microsoft, Walt Disney, & Meta
—Advice for Design Students


Translating from tabloid to a digital experience
To keep the interview engaging digitally, I animated the spot illustrations as floating and included gifs of his work, staying true to my original tabloid design while taking advantage of the screen medium