Design services
Give your message a clear shape.
Editorial, book and marketing design. Compare the brochure and flyer packages, or discuss a custom brief.
Brochure & flyer packages from $180
Compare design packages Discuss a custom project Artwork Independent design · A thoughtful point of view
Ink That
Speaks
Editorial, book and marketing design
Expressive work, clear typography, and the practical details that make it ready to use.
From a page to a publication. From an idea to a useful piece.
01 / Arrival
A paper garden. A face among the flowers.
Move over the paper. Follow your curiosity.
Two ways into BaBBled
For your next project.
For your everyday.
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Find something to make your own.
Explore the Babbled Arts shop, or choose a piece from the artwork collection and ask about print possibilities.
Original art print availability is still being confirmed.
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Clear typography.
Considered composition.
Editorial design
Give stories a clear rhythm. Typography, hierarchy and page systems for publications, features and long-form content.
Explore the scopeBook design
Make the reading experience part of the story. Interior layouts, covers and a visual language that holds a book together.
Explore the scopeMarketing materials
Bring a message into focus across print and screens. Considered layouts with a recognizable voice and a clear next step.
Explore the scopeSelected work
Editorial work and
studio studies.
Coursework · Original projects on a separate portfolio
The page as a place to explore.
Typography, layout and an editorial publication from Brooke's studies. These are coursework, not client commissions.
Typography & page systems · Coursework
Typography Layouts
Four compositions using shared paragraph and character styles on a 5 × 8 grid. Placeholder text is part of the typography exercise.
View Typography Layouts Layout & visual hierarchy · Coursework
Grid Layouts
Four revised layouts exploring page divisions, image placement, color and a coordinated type system.
View Grid Layouts Editorial web publication · Coursework
The Visceral Theory of Sight
A school publication exploring perception, memory and the gaze through writing, image sequencing and a chapter-based reading experience.
View The Visceral Theory of Sight Studio studies
New website application study
A face for BaBBled
An expressive line profile, soft color and a distinctive studio name.
Explore the study
Self-initiated · Editorial collage
People becoming gardens
Two collage artworks, shaped into four views through pacing, typography and intentional crops.
Explore the studyStudio identity and editorial explorations, labeled for what they are.
Inside the artwork · 17 compositions
Colour, gesture.
A closer look.
Unfold a fragment. Explore the collected artwork at your own pace.
A considered way of working
A clear path from
brief to finished files.
- 01
Understand your vision and priorities
collaborative brief
- 02
Explore visual directions
multiple approaches
- 03
Develop the selected direction
full design
- 04
Refine and perfect
typography, spacing, detail
- 05
Deliver with guidance
production-ready files
The person behind the pages
Artistic instincts.
Production habits.
BaBBled is the independent editorial and marketing design practice of Brooke Howard. With a focus on book design, publication layout, and creative typography, each project begins with understanding the text and its audience, developing expressive design choices that serve the content and communicate with clarity.
What started as careful observation of typography and editorial layout has developed into ongoing collaboration with writers, artists, and publishers on work that's thoughtful, expressive, and ready to print or publish.
Have something in mind?
Tell me what you are
working on.
A book, a publication, a brand, or whatever you're imagining—let's talk about what design can do for your work.
Details from the studio collage