The Atavist Magazine
2019-Present
Since 2019, I've been the art director at The Atavist Magazine, a publication with an unusual model: It publishes just one deeply reported, longform story each month in a digital-only format. In this role I assign illustrations, make photography assignments all over the world, and design and code all of the stories. In 2021, I built a new website and brand identity for the publication as it transitioned to being hosted on Wordpress. (The core of the new design is defined by its use of the Triptych typeface from The Pyte Foundry. More information on the redesign is available here.)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1909b012b11fa78c768fa3f5ac31c32e93806c75dc45385fbdd5237a6cb83781/Atavist_Re.gif)
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![Illustrations by Simon Prades](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a8e528d19f1f90272eb8779b607e10225da7824baa8b25377d18d6bb026e2a95/Atavist_SecretForm_Phone.gif)
![Illustrations by Zoë van Dijk](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea55096f636cfbfe44dae179facf89dd22e4049e14374397ba4edfb9fad1153c/Atavist_Snitch_Phone_GIF.gif)
![New logo designed as part of 2021 redesign.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f12f858a348c27b82c5ba99d8c236ca36297f96a42c89d47d999e52656173c38/at_logo.jpg)
![Illustration by Mike McQuade](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/861772fad428417c25b24dd206c00ee9f2c7058115fce12e5282b70caa184e84/Atavist_PeopleSing.gif)
![Illustrations by Patrick Leger](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0acce7075175b89f33a4c9da4d9df6c47925ba7a4201224f5129c92758c7d03/Atavist_Butcher_Phone.gif)
![Photographs by Akilah Townsend](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22f9734898d85eb17c92bc8d2ec3b569d64842f1a19c2cffd4a70ed95814bf37/Atavist_InvisKid.gif)
![Illustration by Ben Jones](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d549e299ca31f02139ce7d2d70e2437bdb1a7a46666b2bddc3fb9715a6337584/Atavist_MrX.gif)