What I Did

Editorial Design

And When

Spring 2023

About

TITLE is a collective of diverse creatives who thrive when coming together to build unconventional narratives and make things that push culture in a new direction.

Each issue is guided by a central theme encouraging our team to experiment with their ideas through a myriad of mediums. With a focus on collaboration, TITLE staff inspires each other as photographers, stylists, writers, designers, and everything in between. Fostering this creative cross-pollination keeps things fresh and allows TITLE to explore new concepts. 


Theme

Issue 007 is all about “subversion.” It’s a quiet shift, a crack in the foundation that grows until everything tilts. Sometimes, it’s barely noticeable—a gentle nudge that changes the course of things. Other times, it’s undeniable, a force that upends the familiar in an instant. Where does it start? What fuels it? Is it rebellion or revelation? Do you embrace it, or do you fight against it? Exploring disruption and transformation, how has subversion reshaped what you thought you knew? 



My Roles

Project Lead, Senior Layout Designer, & Senior Graphic Designer

Photos by Daniel Iroh
Dinner & Diatribes
Concept Development, Layout, Graphics
Inspired by Hozier's song “Dinner & Diatribes”, this project is an interpretation of the loneliness and discontent that is derived from enduring an evening of disingenuous social banter at the dinner table– or really any social situation where one feels disconnected from those around them due to a lack of authenticity or depth.
Approach
When designing the layout for my project "Dinner & Diatribes," I aimed to blend a sentimental topic with an element of rebellion. Reflecting on areas in my life where I felt a deep desire to challenge societal norms, I focused on the issue of young adults in modern society lacking space for vulnerable conversations, often resorting to shallow small talk. Through this project, I wanted to use a common social scenario to rebel against this lack of authenticity and prompt deeper, more vulnerable interactions.
Project Lead: Carson Mills | Layout: Carson Mills, Penelope Clark | Graphics: Carson Mills, Elizabeth Bonbright | Photography: Aaliyah Sansone | Styling: Sophie Peeler | Writing: Ellie Naehring
God Bless (The Midwest)
Layout, Graphics
The crux of this project is exploring Christianity as a prevailing influence in the Midwest and analyzing how it is and isn’t subverted. God Bless (The Midwest) delves into how people find and reclaim religion or spirituality outside of the power structure of the church.
Approach
For Lydia's project God Bless (The Midwest), the layout design draws inspiration from two distinct visual influences: the attention-grabbing style of highway Jesus billboards and the clean, authoritative aesthetic of vintage news articles. This combination creates a bold and clean typographic layout that juxtaposes but does not overshadow, the photos used in the project.
Project Lead: Lydia Masset | Layout: Carson Mills, Erin Rankin | Graphics: Lydia Masset, Carson Mills | Photography: Lydia Masset | Styling: Kat Newcombe | Writing: Vivien Smith, Dillion McCormick

Contact

mills2cn@mail.uc.edu
217.649.4853
The University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH


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