At ELLE Decoration, work spanned close collaboration with writers, photographers, stylists, the online editor, and Editor of ELLE Decoration South Africa, Laureen Rossouw. Responsibilities included designing and laying out the print magazine, alongside conceptualizing and Art Directing editorial shoots for both print and digital.

The role balanced strong layout craft with visual storytelling, shaping features through typography, imagery, and pacing, while ensuring each issue felt cohesive, considered, and true to the magazine’s design-led point of view.

Art Direction + Design Kirsten Townsend
Editor Laureen Rossouw
Deputy Editor Bielle Bellingham
Writer Michael Owen
Finishing Artist Marushka Stipinovich