Resources Magazine Redesign

An elegant, contemporary redesign of the world’s leading magazine in breakthrough environmental and energy research.

I was thrilled to be asked by Resources for the Future to provide a visual update for their magazine, Resources. Published since 1959, it's a trusted source for ideas and research relating to the environment, energy, and natural resources – offering timely and important content that informs the public and provides insight for policymakers.

The magazine is a serious, research focussed publication, so the design needed to provide layouts that could accommodate detail-orientated and complex content, but still create an aesthetic that could explain and explore this work with elegance and clarity. To this end, the basic structure is elaborate enough to allow for flexibility and creativity, but crafted enough that each element has room to breath, and no page feels too busy or overbearing. Illustration is featured throughout to bring the pages to life, and colours are muted but used generously to create a vibrance that is tonally appropriate.

I created the overall identity and layouts for the magazine, working closely with Resources Managing Editor, Elizabeth Wason, as well as also creating a number of illustrations and infographics featured in this issue.

For this issue, I also collaborated with illustrators Michael Driver and Maria Fabrizio, who both provided some wonderful artwork. You can see more of Michael's work here, and more of Maria's work here.