Marc Jonathan Costello is a design and art director in NYC 
with a focus on 
brand identity, editorial design, 
and creative strategy. 

He is currently Art Director 
at Jewish Currents, and formerly 
Art Director at ALTR Studio









                   
Selected Work
  1. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
    Membership Redesign
  2. Jewish Currents
    Brand & Editorial Redesign
  3. Nokomis
    Brand Design
  4. Strange Lands Brand & Packaging  
  5. Michael Kors 360 Camapign 
  6. MAC Cosmetics Retail 
  7. After October 7 Book Design 
  8. Commune Magazine 
  9. PopSockets
    Art Direction & Digital
  10. San Diego RV Resort
    Brand Refresh & Digital
  11. Dianna Settles
    Printed Matter & Wall Art




For inquiries, collaborations, or recommendations for goat feed
    Get in touchjc@othercreative.co

7. After October 7




Book
DesignArt
Direction

Maximizing the agony 
of the present for 
this special Winter 2024 
issue of Jewish Currents


The Winter 2024 issue of Jewish Currents is conceived as After October 7, a 244-page book that blends content from October to December 2023 with archival essays. The edition features spot color throughout and metallic spot on the cover.

The book design scales back our editorial direction and invokes visual cues of our agonizing present. Through muddy grayscale photography, the unfolding catastrophe is captured with formal beauty and placed in an archive, like Walter Benjamin's Angel looking to the past and seeing a pile of wreckage. The design rests on an aggressive typographic hierarchy, and a color palette using the dual meaning of olive green, invoking both military uniforms, and the olive branch. Full spreads highlight art and pull quotes, while the cover creates a tension between content and design.

The result is a striking piece of ephemera exceeding the Jewish Currents subscription base, available in select book stores.