Guilded Overview

Challenge

I came up with the idea to design an editorial fashion magazine that explores the industry through the perspectives of a model and a professional photographer, while answering the question: how do I create a safe and inclusive resource for models entering the industry?

Solution

Created a 90-page magazine with original photography, design, and copy. Wrote six articles informed by research, interviews, and personal experience, and showcased 30+ full-color photos in a vibrant editorial layout.

Project Timeline: 4 months

Deliverables:

  • A 90-page fashion magazine

  • All custom photography is done by me

  • All copy written and researched by me

Team:

Creative Director, Photographer, Copywriter, and Designer: Tabor Cote

Editors: Naomi Marshall, Elenoir R

Featured Models: Lauren Pride, Scott Beck, Claire, Niquie A, Selene Shores, Megan River, Chris Rivera, Selah French, Taylor Lunde, Hannah Brooke, Tyler Hawotte, Nicolle Miranda,
Michelle B, Ashley Holms, Cassandra K, Rowdy Mitchael, Duncan Clark, ESCNW

Open magazine showing an interview about photoshoots, with a photo of a woman on a phone and a photo of a woman sitting with a phone on her ear, against a dark background.
Open magazine with colorful overlay on black and white photo of a shirtless man with tattoos, inside a bright room. Right page is bright yellow with pink and blue text, titled 'Red Flags' and 'Setting up'.
Open magazine showing two women with snakes; the woman on the left has red eye makeup and holds a snake near her neck, while the woman on the right also has red eye makeup, kneeling by a body of water, with a snake coiled around her arms.
Open magazine with black-and-white photographs of women on yellow backgrounds
Open magazine featuring an article titled 'Behind the Model' with a large black and yellow spine text 'The Behind'. The right page shows a young man with dark hair, wearing a black denim jacket, white t-shirt, jeans, and white sneakers, sitting on a white plastic chair on a porch outside a building with blue doors and white siding, gazing thoughtfully to the side.