Willamette Week Dessert Issue
Print and Digital Newspaper / 2023
Art Direction & Print Design
︎ I had the amazing opportunity to Art Direct the Dessert Issue for Willamette Week, “Home Sweet Home!” It was awesome getting to work with the last free newspaper left in Portland. Willamette Week means a lot as a cause and it was an honor to collaborate. What made this project special for me was bringing together the talents of the amazing lead designer Katherine Fakashchuk, Project Manager Nicholas Calhoun, and Illustrators Sami Filosa, Francis Bagby, and Maite Jacobo. We had an amazing time brainstorming together and everyone has such a powerful creative engine that put in their all for this project.
Our concept for this issue was to show Portland as a dreamy dessert land where every building is made of tasty treats. We made spot illustrations for interior layouts as well as animations for the digital version. We’re all so happy with how the illustrators’ styles blended together and how the layouts came together!
Additional dietary assets for the digital issue: