Touch Of God

An editorial magazine system exploring the sense of touch through a tribute to Diego Maradona.

brief

Create a cohesive magazine system built around one sense, using a consistent grid, typographic hierarchy, and visual language across cover, spreads, and supporting materials.

approach

I approached the magazine as a tribute—part memorial, part cultural artifact. The visual language balances a structured grid and minimal rules with expressive editorial composition, creating pages that feel distinct while still belonging to one system. The cover references religious iconography (a modern artifact-like interpretation), while the back cover draws from traditional memorial/funeral cards, reinforcing the project’s homage tone.

Touch of God: Diego Maradona is an editorial magazine project created for my Foundation in Graphic Design course at FIT. The assignment was to design a magazine around one of the five senses. I chose touch through the world of football (soccer), using Maradona’s legacy—and his infamous “Hand of God” moment—as the core narrative. The title reframes that moment into a more reflective theme: Touch of God.

The magazine uses a consistent typographic hierarchy and modular grid to maintain clarity, while image treatment and layout variation create rhythm from spread to spread. Each page is designed to stand on its own, but the system ties everything together through repeated structure, controlled color, and a unified editorial voice—combining creativity with purpose.

I designed the full magazine system including the cover and back cover, a complete set of editorial spreads, and a supporting promotional poster—building a consistent visual language across typography, grid structure, image treatment, and layout.

year

2023

tools

Framer