CASE STUDYDesigning an award-winning community magazine for Greater Govanhill
The Details
Client:
Greater Govanhill CIC
Project:
Greater Govanhill Magazine
Services:
Print design + Creative direction
Deliverables:
Logo design + quarterly print magazine
Five years ago, Greater Govanhill was a community magazine with a mission: to celebrate one of Glasgow's most culturally rich neighbourhoods, and push back against the negative perceptions that had long defined it from the outside. Today it's something closer to an institution — award-winning, community-rooted, and still going strong.
I've designed every issue from the beginning, and I hope to be doing it for many more years to come.
Each issue runs to 40–48 pages, and no two look the same. My approach is led entirely by the content — the tone of an article, the weight of a subject, the joy of a community story — each one informing the layout, colour and imagery from the ground up. The only constant we agreed on from day one: it had to be colourful. A celebration of diversity, in every sense.
Working with founder Rhiannon means working with someone who trusts the process — and that trust has allowed the design to grow into something that genuinely reflects the community it serves. Textural, handmade, alive.
"The work Laura has produced is incredible. I've had so many people positively comment on the look of the magazine, and the truly professional feel."
— Rhiannon Davies, Founder, Greater Govanhill
