Treated clipmask of a Vintage Kodak camera with a detailed lens and shutter speed markings.

Archiva

A Modern Magazine
for Analog Lovers.

Multiple black magazine covers with the title 'archiva' in colorful text, featuring vintage black-and-white photos related to post photography.

Overview

Archiva celebrates the analog beauty of film, showcasing photography that bridges nostalgia and modern culture. Defined by a sleek monotone palette, subtle neon accents, modern grotesk typography, and vintage imagery, the magazine lives in a contemporary visual space.

Archiva was born from a love of vintage photography and a desire to spotlight queer and marginalized photographers. It is a magazine dedicated to untold stories, preserved through image and intention.

Services

Brand Identity
Logo Design
Editorial Layout

Personality

Sleek
Analog

Refined
Contemporary


Typefaces

Cormorant
Futura
Larken
Masqualero
Oscine

Completed

Student Project

Fall 2024


Flashing GIF of multiple colorful logos of the brand 'archiva' on a textured black background.
Magazine contents page with articles on film art, shadows, surrealism, dance, photography, industrial design, LGBTQ portraits, and feminist movement featuring black and white photos.
Open magazine feature spread with title 'Unveiling Vivian Maier' and black-and-white filmstrip images, including a woman’s face reflected in a circular mirror.
Magazine spread featuring black and white photographs including children on a spiral slide, a woman holding a baby, and people standing against walls, with an article about Vivian Maier and her photography.
Magazine spread titled 'The Art of Film' featuring a top-down photo of a film camera with labeled parts including camera lens, focusing ring, depth of field scale, f stop selection, rewind lever, film advance lever, shutter speed dial, and ISO dial setting.
Open magazine spread with large black text saying 'Out of Luck' and black-and-white photos of two people, one upside down smoking, the other seated with head out of frame.
Open magazine spread featuring a black-and-white photo of a woman swallowing a sword on the left, large purple text reading 'I don't agree that art has to be humane.' and several smaller black-and-white carnival portraits on the right.
Open magazine spread featuring a 'Letter From The Editor' on the left page and 'Photos of The Month' with three black-and-white photos on the right page.
Black and white feature magazine spread with a shirtless man covering part of his face and the title 'The Legacy of Robert Mapplethorpe' in bold letters.
Open magazine spread featuring a black-and-white photo of a man wearing a leather mask and holding a large snake on the left page, and text with smaller black-and-white images and a photo of a person in a leather coat holding an umbrella on the right page.

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