Marc Jonathan Costello is an art and design director operating
in Sonoma County and 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
Work
-
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Membership Redesign -
Jewish Currents
Brand & Editorial Redesign
-
Nokomis
Brand Design - Strange Lands Brand & Packaging
- Michael Kors 360 Camapign
- Erica Dawn Lyle Album Design
- MAC Cosmetics Retail
- After October 7 Book Design
- Commune Magazine
-
PopSockets
Art Direction & Digital
- San Diego RV Resort
Brand Refresh & Digital - Dianna Settles Printer Matter & Wall Art
For inquiries, collaborations, or
recommendations for goat feed
Get in touch jc@othercreative.co
7. After October 7
Maximizing the agony
of the present for
this special Winter 2024 issue of Jewish Currents
Type Director’s Club 71 winner
Communication Design - Editorial
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, evoking 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.