A selection of illustration commissions and in-house artwork created for Tudum.com.
The first 3 illustrations are by Ryan Haskins, Jaya Nicely and Julia Dufosse. The Crown video segments by Cristiana Couceiro. See full videos here.
In my role as Editorial Interactives Director, I designed and art directed digital-first, immersive storytelling experiences for The New Yorker magazine. A selection of highlights here, however these stories are best experienced at the links below.
Inside Xinjiang’s Prison State
Illustration/animation by Matt Huynh
The Elusive Peril of Space Junk
Illustration/animation by Todd St. John
The Art of the Hollywood Memoir
Lead illustration by Na Kim
Getting the Shot
Photographs by Dina Litovsky
Silver Linings
Photographs by Elinor Carruci
As a Staff Product Designer, I worked on the design systems team with the goal to evolve Twitter’s visual language across consumer-facing parts of the app. Areas of focus were illustration, typography, motion design, graphics for global events and a redesigned emoji set.
Here, a selection of work both real and imagined for the 2018—2020 era of the bird app.
Emoji work by Buck.
Creative direction and design for HuffPost Highline, the site's long-form vertical.
A selection of work I designed for New York Magazine.
Some of my favorite covers published during my 3+ years as Design Director at Travel+Leisure.
Photographers in order of appearance:
Matthieu Salvaing
Hugh Stewart
Mikkel Vang
Dagmar Schwelle
Martin Morrell
Simon Watson
Christopher Sturman
Simon Watson
Julian Broad
Frederic Lagrange
Travel+Leisure feature story on the Miami food scene.
Design and Art Direction: Sandra Garcia
Photographer: Matthieu Salvaing
Photo Director: Scott Hall
Writer: Anya Von Bremzen
How do you include everything you need to know about Sardinia in four pages and show lots of pretty pictures? Like this.
SPD Merit Winner for photography spread, 2014
Design Direction: Sandra Garcia
Art Director + Designer: Julia Moburg
Photographer: Martin Morrell
Photo Director: Scott Hall
Where the cool kids hang out in Rome? J.K. Place. Travel+Leisure asked local scene-sters to pose for a portrait at the hotel.
Design and Art Direction: Sandra Garcia
Photographer: Matthieu Salvaing
Photo Director: Scott Hall
In this piece the author sets out to learn Italian with a handful of language learning programs and then puts what he learns to the test in Milan.
Design direction: Sandra Garcia
Designer: John Sheppard
Hand lettering: Oliver Jeffers
Photograph: Andrea Wyner
SPD Merit Winner for Design - 2013
I pitched a story to Travel+Leisure about hotels that cater to dogs. I was aware of Catherine Ledner's ongoing project photographing dogs and contacted her about shooting the story. We brainstormed a few scenarios (dogs by the pool, dogs on the bed, dogs taking a bubble bath) and of course they had to look like divas. We got what we asked for and so much more. Shot on location at L.A.'s pooch-friendly Sunset Tower Hotel. Plus, behind the scenes video footage.
Design Direction and Design: Sandra Garcia
Photographer: Catherine Ledner
Photo Director: Scott Hall
When art directors write headlines...
SPD 2014 Merit Winner for Design
Design and Art Direction: Sandra Garcia
Photographer: Annie Schlecter
Photo Editor: Scott Hall
Capturing the cool warmth of four stylish European inns.
Art Direction and Design: Sandra Garcia
Photographer: Martin Morrell
Photo Director: Scott Hall
T+L Decoder was a section that served as a quick-guide to a city. In the flow of the magazine it lived in the back of the book so it was deliberately packaged the same way each month with a bold graphic type treatment so the reader knew exactly what it was when they got to it. It won an SPD merit in 2012 for Design of a Section.
A feature story by Lynn Yaeger for the September 2013 Style + Culture issue about a new wave of Scottish fashion designers.
Art direction and Design: Sandra Garcia
Photographer: Julian Broad
Fashion Director: Mimi Lombardo
Photo Director: Scott Hall
"News. Finds. Opinions. Obsessions." These were the ideas behind “Radar," a front-of-book section in Travel+Leisure. Each month it provided a mix of the latest in travel destinations, hotels, shopping and dining, delivered with a dry wit by its editors. The fun part was always finding the perfect opener subject to deliver on the idea that (in our opinion), this is the coolest place/person/hotel on the planet right now. Here, a few of my favorites.
A selection of still-life photography for Travel+Leisure.
Photographers in order of appearance: Victor Prado, Andrew B. Meyers, Victor Prado, Yasu+Junko, Nigel Cox, Levi Brown, Yasu+Junko
We asked four very busy people how they travel and photographed them with their most beloved travel item.
Phil Winser (Restaurateur and co-owner Fat Radish, the East Pole, and the Leadbelly)
Laura Prepon (Actress, Orange is the New Black)
Lena Hall (Tony-winning actress in Hedwig and the Angry Inch; lead singer of The Deafening)
Carter Cleveland (Founder and CEO of Artsy)
Design Direction: Sandra Garcia
Designer: Derek Eng
Photographer: Andreas Laszlo Konrath
Fashion Director: Mimi Lombardo
Photo Director: Scott Hall
This is a story about new things in an old place. The "O" on the second spread giving a nod to that notion.
Design and Art Direction: Sandra Garcia
Photographer: Simon Watson
Photo Director: Scott Hall
Design and Art Direction: Sandra Garcia
Photographer: Christopher Testani
Hand Lettering: Ward Schumaker
Photo DIrector: Scott Hall
Travel+Leisure produced tons of great content and it was the art department's job to figure out how to package it. Here, a few examples. Credits in order of appearance:
100 Ways to Travel Better
Design Director: Sandra Garcia
Art Director and designer: Julia Moburg
Photographer: Phil Toledano
Spot Illustrations: Tom Bachtell, Ben Wiseman
Shop Like a Local
Design Director: Sandra Garcia
Deputy Art Director and designer: John Sheppard
Photographer (opener): Levi Brown
Those clogs! Opening spread nominated in 2014 for an SPD award for photography.
Design Direction: Sandra Garcia
Art Director/Designer: Julia Moburg
Photographer: Rene van der Hulst
Photo Director: Scott Hall
Meet the last remaining tribes of the Omo River Valley, a remote area in southern Ethiopia.
Design Direction and Design: Sandra Garcia
Photographer: David Chancellor
Photo Director: Scott Hall
It's time to summer in Biarritz.
Design Direction: Sandra Garcia
Associate Art Director/designer: Laura Renga
Photographer: Matthieu Salvaing
