Komorebi Magazine
Editorial Design
An independent art and culture magazine, designed with flexible, story-led layouts that balance cohesion and individuality, supporting diverse content through expressive narrative and visual storytelling.

Intro / The Brief
Komorebi Magazine is an independent publication named after the Japanese term for sunlight filtering through trees. It focuses on creativity, storytelling, and culture, covering subjects such as art, design, music, cultural movements, and social commentary.
The objective was to create an art & culture journal where every article was designed to reflect its content, aiming to produce an eclectic publication that is content‑driven, visually engaging, and immersive.





My Role
Collaborating with Komorebi’s founder during the magazine’s planning stages, reflecting his vision and developing the editorial design across the entire publication.
As the sole designer working on this, my responsibilities included incorporating the provided content, such as photography, illustrations and text, creating structured layouts, integrating typography and visual treatments to enhance the magazine’s features storytelling experience.








Concept / Strategy
The term ‘Komorebi’ refers to the Japanese expression for sunlight filtering through trees, creating unique strands of light every time they appear. Drawing inspiration from this concept, the design focused on balancing individuality and cohesion through:
Creating a cohesively eclectic visual language through structured yet flexible layouts, typography, and visual treatments that reflects the magazine’s stories and exressions.
Approach
Reflective Layouts: Each article was designed to reflect its unique story, employing varying typographic and visual treatments to create an immersive and dynamic reader experience.
Structured Flexibility: Developed a flexible layout system that integrates structured grids with expressive design elements, allowing each piece to maintain its distinct identity while contributing to the magazine’s overall aesthetic.
Visual Storytelling: Integrated photography, illustrations, and typography to enhance the narrative, ensuring that the components effectively complemented the written and visual content.







With multiple contributors and varied content styles, the challenge was to balance consistency with the individuality of each article, creating visual narratives with ideas derived from the articles’ visuals and written content.
Through the development of a flexible layout system that integrates structured grids with expressive design, each piece was designed to maintain its distinct identity while contributing to the magazine’s overall aesthetic.





























Featuring essays, interviews, and original stories, Komorebi Magazine presents a diverse range of voices and disciplines, aiming to speak to an audience drawn to visual culture, in‑depth storytelling, and creative discourses, as well as those interested in contemporary culture and curious about independent publishing.
The inaugural issue of Komorebi Magazine was well‑received, successfully engaging readers with its diverse content and design.



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