The South's Most Stunning

A 14-page editorial spread on a piece of Georgia Tech history: the architecture and significance of Brittain Dining Hall, built on grid, negative space and intentional type.

SubjectBrittain Dining Hall

Format14-page spread

CourseGraphic Design

FocusGrid · Type · Negative space

Design a 14-page spread based on a piece of Georgia Tech history.

The approach

This final project asked for a comprehensive application of core graphic design principles: strategic grid systems, deliberate negative space, and intentional design choices throughout.

I chose to explore the historical significance and architectural detail of Brittain Dining Hall, letting the building's rhythm and proportion guide the typography and pacing of the spread.

The spread

14 pages · Brittain Dining Hall

Two printed booklets of The South's Most Stunning photographed on a grey surface, showing the front and back covers. — The printed piece

Front cover with a large serif headline reading The South's Most Stunning, framed by contrasting grey review pull-quotes.

Back cover with five stars and the pull-quotes the dining hall is stunning and the food on the other hand.

Front & back covers

Interior spread: black-and-white photograph of Brittain Dining Hall's gothic windows and chairs beside a Southern Living 2017 pull-quote. — “The South’s Most Stunning” · Southern Living, 2017

Spread titled 1918, post World War I, with archival photographs of soldiers and students and pull-quotes about service and returning to school. — 1918 · post World War I

Black spread repeating the word collaboration in a staggered column beside the line the georgia tech spirit. — Collaboration · the Georgia Tech spirit

Black spread titled the limestone busts, listing scientists and engineers beside a photograph of a carved stone column. — The limestone busts

Spread with expansive negative space: a block of body text top-left and the name Daisy Daniels with a Techwood Drive address bottom-right. — Daisy Daniels · negative space

Spread titled more than just the food, with the Atlanta skyline framed over a photograph of fries. — More than just the food

Before & after

The Daisy Daniels postcard

The Daisy Daniels spread reads as a postcard. My first pass built the layout around a stock photo of a letter. The iteration finds the same idea in type and negative space alone, simpler and smarter.

Before: the Daisy Daniels spread built around a stock photograph of a hand holding an addressed envelope at a wall of mailboxes.

After: the Daisy Daniels spread reduced to type and negative space, with a block of body copy and the name and address set quietly in the lower corner.

The print

Type, grid and space in service of a single, lasting story.

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