Layout design for magazines, newspapers, and books is my main jam.
Stranger’s Guide
I designed six issues of this incredible quarterly magazine. Here are a few of my favorite spreads:
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Amazon_Lit-Tour.jpg?resize=739%2C447)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Nola_Baseball.jpg?resize=739%2C447)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Chicago_Lit-Tour-1.jpg?resize=739%2C447)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Vietnam_Ghost-City.jpg?resize=739%2C447)
“Creative Content” is where I really got to play:
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Chicago_Tour-Guide-2.jpg?resize=739%2C447)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Nola_Abandoned.jpg?resize=739%2C893)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Joburg_Cape-Flora.jpg?resize=739%2C893)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Chicago_Labor.jpg?resize=739%2C893)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Nola_Haunted.jpg?resize=739%2C893)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Ukraine_Commie-Kitsch.jpg?resize=739%2C893)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Vietnam_Funerals.jpg?resize=739%2C893)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Amazon_Timeline.jpg?resize=739%2C447)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Ukraine_Chernobyl-1.jpg?resize=739%2C893)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Joburg_Sound-Bites.jpg?resize=739%2C893)
Digital Unicorn
In 2021, I did the layout for one issue of the very fun magazine Digital Unicorn (which then stopped publishing—I swear it wasn’t my fault!):
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/12-13chasingunicorns.jpg?resize=739%2C462)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DU-sample-p44.jpg?resize=739%2C462)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20-21HSAs.jpg?resize=739%2C462)
A Taste of Norway: Flavors from The Norwegian American
While my co-editor Daytona Strong picked the recipes for this cookbook, I designed and produced the book.
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_1679-768x1024.jpg?resize=739%2C985&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1.TOC_.jpg?resize=739%2C540)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2.intro_.jpg?resize=739%2C540)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/4.drink_.jpg?resize=739%2C540)
The Norwegian American
I always enjoyed designing the Barneblad, a page for kids:
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/barneblad17.mai-1.jpg?resize=739%2C1021)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/barneblad17.mai-2.jpg?resize=717%2C1024)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/barneblad17.mai-3.jpg?resize=723%2C1024)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/p22-days-of-week.jpg?resize=736%2C1024)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/p22-host.jpg?resize=739%2C1013)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/p23-spirits.jpg?resize=739%2C1009)
In my years as Editor of The Norwegian American (2014 to 2019), I radically improved its look:
![Before redesign—Cover of the Norwegian American Weekly from January 17, 2014](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cover.jpg?resize=710%2C1024)
![Cover of the Norwegian American Weekly from May 2, 2014](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cover-May-2.jpg?resize=714%2C1024)
![Cover of The Norwegian American from June 3, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cover06-03-16.jpg?resize=730%2C1024)
![Cover of The Norwegian American from May 4, 2018](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cover05-04-18small.jpg?resize=730%2C1024)
And please enjoy a few more internal pages:
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/p22-1.jpg?resize=730%2C1024)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/p17.jpg?resize=730%2C1024)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ecskaftun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/G10.jpg?resize=730%2C1024)