Offcut Magazine

The Brief

Offcut is an independent quarterly focused on material culture — the stories behind the things we make and use. As their design partner from Issue 01, we shaped both the visual identity and the evolving design language.

Design Philosophy

We wanted Offcut to feel like the physical world it writes about: textured, tactile, imperfect in the best ways. The grid deliberately breaks itself — columns shift, bleed images interrupt spreads.

Typography

Canela Display paired with a modified Founders Grotesk. Caption work in strict monospace — a nod to technical documentation aesthetics that inspire the content.

Production

All issues designed for Risograph and offset hybrid. The constraints became design features: deliberate overprints, misregistration as texture.