Book Design

Client: Southern Regional Bahá'í Council
Size: 11"x 8.5" book, 32 pages, English, Spanish
Role: concept, design, production, co-author, photographer

Images convey tone, warmth, love, and welcome.
Feeling welcome, people are willing to read and digest the information presented. The book that is predominantly visual appeals to the high percentage of visual learners in the general audience. The text content is secondary to the emotion that is portrayed on these pages.

Client: National Spiritual Assembly of the
Bahá'ís of the United States
Size: 11"x 8.5" book, 16 pages
Role: concept, design, production, co-author, photographer

Second visual book in series, intended to portray complex administrative structures through emotion and warmth. Visual tone enhances spiritual concepts.

Client: CEDAW: Working Group on Ratification
of the U.N. Convention
Size: 7"x 10" book, 121 pages
Role: design, production

Rights that benefit the entire community through CEDAW, the Convention for the Elimination of all Discrimination Against Women, are described in a clear and relaxed manner for the general public as well as government officials, so that all may understand the truth about the proposed laws. Symbolic images of women dance throughout the book at the sides of the pages.

Client: Choczynski Family Initiative, Buffalo, NY
Size: 8.5"x 11" book, 24 pages
Role: co-concept, design, production

Break the Silence! Break the Cycle! The book details the development of a community educational program for children and familes. It is a loving portrayal of lives healing from the terror of domestic violence and sexual abuse.