Lissie Andersson UX / UI Designer

Course project · Typography & editorial

The Diary of a Nobody, retold by the housekeeper

Brief
Re-contextualize a book as a magazine article
Role
Graphic Designer
Tools
InDesign · Figma · Procreate
Year
2024
Influences
Art Deco · Russian avant-garde · Harper's Bazaar
The Housekeeper typographic magazine spread design

01The concept

The Diary of a Nobody is a Victorian comedy told by Mr. Pooter, a well-meaning, clueless clerk. I moved the camera: the same household, seen by the person who cleans it. Fictional copy, layout and imagery build a darker counter-narrative about the labor the comedy never mentions.

02The craft

Typographic detail from The Housekeeper spreads
Type does the storytelling: polite serif for the family's world, harder edges for hers.
Final magazine spread design
Final spreads, drawing on early 20th-century magazines and labor-era graphics.

03Reflection

Typography can argue. Changing whose voice sets the headlines changes the whole book — no rewriting required.

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