CVLT

Offbeat & Iconic

Several colorful CVLT magazine covers featuring portraits of people and artistic designs on a wooden surface.

Overview

A bold design approach captures the magazine's unique concept through striking visuals and a playful, irreverent tone. The design features a dynamic layout, distinctive typography, and unconventional imagery for pop culture commentary.

Services

Branding
Naming
Editorial Layout

Personality

Bold
Playful
Irreverant

Typefaces

Signifier
Fornier
Sharp Grotesk

Completed

Spring 2024

Imagery

Bold imagery takes center stage. Each cover is a unique visual statement, capturing the essence of "Offbeat and Iconic."
Orange-bordered CVLT magazine cover featuring stylized double profile of a woman with robotic elements.

Layout

The magazine utilizes a dynamic 12-column grid system to create visual interest. This allows for a variety of layouts, from clean and minimal to complex.
Magazine contents page with images and titles for articles on music, fashion, pop culture, and celebrities.
Magazine spread with blurred images of Jennifer Coolidge wearing a polka dot coat and red text headline.
Magazine spread featuring Jennifer Coolidge in colorful avant-garde fashion outfits.
Hands holding open magazine showing article titled 'The Mass Exodus' about disconnecting from social media.
Magazine spread with distorted close-up photo of woman on left and text titled Chloe Sevigny is Not Your Mother on right.
Magazine spread with two models wearing blue boots and quotes on being seen as a mother figure and self-empowerment.

Identity

CVLT's identity is defined by its "Offbeat and Iconic" concept, reflected in bold visuals and a playful tone.
A flipbook of CVLT magazine coversGrid of eight colorful CvlT magazine covers featuring artistic portraits of actors and musicians.
Stack of magazines on a wooden table with the top issue showing Willem Dafoe on the cover.
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