The Absolute Sound

Collaborating on a New Approach to the Absolute Sound Magazine’s Covers

Changes in Distribution and a Focus on Subscriptions Provide an Opportunity for Photo-Driven Magazine Covers With Minimal Clutter

With a renewed focus on subscription-based readers as newsstand sales take a backseat, The Absolute Sound's owner saw an opportunity to reinvigorate the magazine’s covers, taking advantage of photography created in-house by October Custom Publishing.

Services

Creative Direction

Art Direction

Redesign

Cover Design

Page Layout

Photography

Producing

Scheduling

Advertisement Trafficking

File Management

Changes in Distribution and a Focus on Subscriptions Provide an Opportunity for Photo-Driven Magazine Covers With Minimal Clutter

With a renewed focus on subscription-based readers as newsstand sales take a backseat, The Absolute Sound's owner saw an opportunity to reinvigorate the magazine’s covers, taking advantage of photography created in-house by October Custom Publishing.

Services

Creative Direction

Art Direction

Redesign

Cover Design

Page Layout

Photography

Producing

Scheduling

Advertisement Trafficking

File Management

Changes in Distribution and a Focus on Subscriptions Provide an Opportunity for Photo-Driven Magazine Covers With Minimal Clutter

With a renewed focus on subscription-based readers as newsstand sales take a backseat, The Absolute Sound's owner saw an opportunity to reinvigorate the magazine’s covers, taking advantage of photography created in-house by October Custom Publishing.

Services

Creative Direction

Art Direction

Redesign

Cover Design

Page Layout

Photography

Producing

Scheduling

Advertisement Trafficking

File Management

Crew

Creative Director
Torquil Dewar

Art Director
Shelley Lai

Photographer
Matt Wrightsteel

“I’ve worked closely with Torquil Dewar and his team at October Custom Publishing for the past 15 years, and during that time I’ve been consistently impressed by their professionalism, reliability, and most of all, tremendous creativity. October Custom Publishing’s graphic design has transformed The Absolute Sound’s look and feel into the best-designed magazine in the field. Torquil and his team are also a pleasure to work with.”

Robert Harley

Editor-in-Chief

The Absolute Sound