Revolution Girl Style Now!
Article | Magazine Spread
Target Audience: Creatives and readers engaged with feminist discourse, alternative culture, and DIY/punk visual aesthetics
Goal: To create an editorial layout that authentically reflects punk’s feminist influences while reinterpreting its visual language in a contemporary context
Page Layout • Digital Imaging • Typography
This magazine spread design interprets the article “Revolution Girl Style Now!: Punk, Feminism, and Intersectionality” by Micaeli Dym, originally published in The Georgetown Independent. The layout draws inspiration from the visual language of the Riot Grrrl and punk feminist movements, using bold collage, high-contrast textures, and an energetic palette of pink, black, and yellow. Photographic elements were manipulated in Adobe Photoshop to create layered compositions that evoke the raw, DIY aesthetic associated with punk zines and activist media. The typography and page structure—constructed through Adobe InDesign—emphasize movement and disruption, reinforcing the article’s themes of resistance, identity, and feminist expression.
Challenge: The primary challenge was balancing authenticity with originality—capturing the disruptive, anti-establishment energy of punk design without simply replicating existing styles. The project required translating a historically DIY and analog aesthetic into a cohesive digital layout while honoring its feminist and political undertones.
Pin Buttons
Companion Piece
Significance: To extend the editorial into a tangible format, I developed a series of button pins inspired by the spread’s visual language. Button pins have long been a staple of punk culture, functioning as wearable expressions of identity, resistance, and community—making them a natural extension of the project’s feminist and political themes.