Josh LaCalamito

Interference

A 60-page magazine about distraction, technology, and the way we read.

Context
Parsons student project
My role
Editorial design & typography
Period
2016
Disciplines
Publication design / Typography
Flat PDF exports: the cover of Interference and the opening page of Technological Mandalas.
Cover and article opening. Flat exports from the original publication PDF.

About the project

Interference is a 60-page editorial project created while studying Communication Design at Parsons. The issue brings together writing and visual material about attention, distraction, and technology.

A system for different kinds of reading

The layout balances article openings with dense, two-column reading pages. A recurring set of rules, captions, and text styles connects material with very different visual rhythms.

The opening spreads make the subjects explicit. Inside the issue, long-form text alternates with larger image sequences and shorter changes in pace.

What is shown here

These images are exports from the original 2016 PDF. My contribution is the publication design and typography. The included writing, photographs, and artworks retain their credits within the pages.

How Screens Make Us Feel article with a photographic header and two-column text.
Long-form reading and information graphics, pages 28–29.
Interference letter from the editor and contents pages.
Letter from the editor and contents, pages 2–3.
Article opening with large typography and a photograph of a cracked phone screen.
Opening sequence, pages 4–5. Image credited to Sam Hodge in the publication.
Technological Mandalas article opening and editorial layout.
Technological Mandalas, pages 22–23.
Meet the Life Hackers article opening and image-led continuation.
A change of pace within the issue, pages 34–35.