As a passion project, the self-set brief was simple:

• highlight synesthesia

• use only black and a pop of colour on each spread.

• 'Alternate Gothic' for all titles, 'Le Murmure' for pull quotes. 

Drawing from the sounds of each track on the 2023 self-titled album by the RnB / Trap Jazz legend, Masego, each page of this mini magazine (zine) / lyric book, aims to embody the harmonies & grooves through typography & colour. 

After being introduced to the word synesthesia in a graphic design uni course, my heightened feelings about the experience of music finally had a name. I chose to explore this by challenging myself to create an editorial spread for each song on an album.

Masego (2023) was chosen due to the dynamic, intricate, innovative & fun arrangements that characterise Masego's music.

• Involved listening to each song multiple times, and allowing my mind's eye to translate various sounds into images, which were used to inform the editorial design.

• A visual language of volume was created (see full breakdown at the bottom of the page), and colours were chosen by what I first imagined (a.k.a. synesthesia).

• improved creativity & confidence in editorial design spreads.

• heightened practice of synesthesia