/Practice 04 — Annual reports, magazines, books.

Long-form editorial,
made to last.

Annual reports, member magazines, monographs, and the rare client whose annual budget we fight to keep printed. We commission writers; we don't outsource them.

/01 · Method

How a editorial engagement runs.

Three movements. Every engagement, every client.

/ 01
A senior editor on every job.

A named editor — formerly of Frieze, Granta, or the FT Magazine — leads every editorial engagement. They are not the project manager; they are the editor.

Edit
/ 02
Set in three typefaces, maximum.

Editorial design is a typographic discipline. We hold to three faces, a clear hierarchy, and a paper stock chosen with the printer.

Design
/ 03
Printed where it matters.

We work with five printers across the UK and Italy. The printer is chosen for the document — not the other way around.

Print
/02 · Deliverables

What you receive.

Tangible outputs from a typical editorial engagement. Scope is shaped to the brief.

Stream A

  • Editorial direction
  • Commissioning & editing
  • Photography commissioning

Stream B

  • Typographic design
  • Layout & pacing
  • Paper & print specification

Stream C

  • On-press supervision
  • Distribution planning
  • Member-mail systems
/03 · Engagement

Specifications.

Typical numbers. Each engagement is sized to the brief.

Duration
8–16 wks
Strategy + craft
Team
3–5 people
Senior throughout
Engagement fee
from £40K
Fixed-price proposals
Engagements / yr
4–6
By design, not ambition

Need editorial work done properly?

We take four to six engagements a year. The diary opens twice — January and July.

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