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Adventure Journals

Art DirectionBrand IdentityGraphic DesignPrint Design

The Adventure Journal series are a set of bespoke traveler’s almanacs and adventurist’s handbooks, offering an analog resource to flight plans, trips logs, contacts, travel advice and other information one needs to move about the world.

I created a design language that standardizes on layout, typography and color or image blocks, while leaving room for each book to have its own personality using color and imagery.

The Adventurist travel journals displayed on a light blue background

Traveler's Journals

The Muir Travelers’s Journal design were inspired by his love for the outdoors and feature topographical maps overlaid on earth-tone colors, while the Steinbeck offers simple color blocks inspired by some of his early book cover designs. This simplicity echoes his sparse and direct writing style.

Muir and Steinbeck adventure journal covers on a lavender background
Muir and Steinbeck adventure journal covers on a sage green background

The Pelton

The Pelton is named for Robert Young Pelton; author, journalist, documentary film maker and quite possibly the actual ‘most interesting man in the world’. It offers an analog place to record contacts, travel notes, and important information you need when SHTF (or you just lose WiFi). The cover design features stealthy dark colors and imagery that harkens back to the explorers of old.

The Pelton adventurer's handbook journal cover with compass illustration
The Pelton journal shown closed and open with interior pages

The Adventurist

The Adventurist travel almanac designs take inspiration from some of the more interesting corners of the world, using bold colors taken from the unique imagery adorning their covers.

The Adventurist traveler's almanac journals on a teal background
Open adventure journal showing interior layout and typography