The Right Use of Power
The Right Use of Power was a 16-page booklet that I was asked to write, design and photograph for Bible societies in sub-Saharan Africa. Plagued by military coups and tribal conflicts, this set out what the Bible says about the use and abuse of power. The text was divided into three sections: To Those With Authority To Those [...]
Arabic Van Dyck Bible
An Arabic translation known as the Van Dyck Bible is the most commonly used Arabic Bible translation in the Arab world. A simple logo was needed as a visual identifier for the many formats that carry this Bible text. It had to be simple because it would be embossed on leather and appear in extremely small sizes. This [...]
Publishing World
Publishing World was a short-lived magazine produced by the United Bible Societies. The challenge was to develop a logotype for the magazine that communicated the title in the three languages in which the publication would appear. Fortunately the letter O was in all three translations! It became the "world" before which a sower sowed his seed, as in [...]
Dei Verbum
The United Bible Societies produced a publication celebrating 40 years of collaboration with the Vatican in Bible translation. The agreement establishing this collaboration was called Dei Verbum or God Speaks. The greatest design challenge was that this was a co-edition appearing in 7 languages. This meant all text on the cover and interior pages had to appear in [...]