Kim Howie

Book Design for The Princeton Review MCAT Series - Designer for a series of five MCAT books for The Princeton Review. I am responsible for the interior layout design; each with a unique color scheme. The interior includes icon design for reader reference. I also designed covers and medical illustrations. After design approval by both Princeton Review and our publisher, Random House, I created style guides and assisted a team of designers in creating the titles. The books were well received by their audience, editorial and Random House.
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Book Design for The Princeton Review MCAT Series - Detail of cover designs pitched for the MCAT book series designed for The Princeton Review and Random House
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Book Design for The Princeton Review MCAT Series - These are icons that appear in the MCAT book series. In order, the icons represent formulas & equations, online content, expert advice, strategy, reference, book promotion and alerts.
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Book Design for The Princeton Review Word Smart for the TOEFL - I designed the layout and created over 100 illustrations for this title. I worked on the layout and production, preparing the files for press. The project used simple, yet unexpected, images to help students build their English vocabulary. This title received praise from the editor, audience, and our publisher, Random House. Shown above, two sample spreads and three illustrations from the title.
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Book Design for The Princeton Review Guidance Counselor In Your Pocket - I designed the layout of this title and created style guides to instruct a design team with template. The target audience is for parents of high school students.
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Book Design for The Princeton Review Cracking the CAHSEE - I designed the layout and illustrations for a series of two Cracking the CAHSEE titles. The interior layout is based on an existing style guide but incorporates new elements for this specific test and audience of young students.
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Book Cover Design for Springer Publishers - I was asked to design a book cover for the Springer title System Engineering for Multiple-Antenna Cellular Networks. Two versions are shown here. The circular shapes mimic diagrams used in the title.
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Magazine and Book Design for Soho Publishing and Sixth & Spring Books - I worked on design and production for a number of magazine titles, including Vogue Knitting, YMN, knit.1, Jo-Ann’s, and Family Circle. I was an art director for Jo-Ann’s and YMN, assisting in photography shoots, layouts, photo correction and production. I was part of the initial design team that launched designs for YMN and knit.1. As a freelancer, I assisted in layout and production on a number of book titles, including Candy Crochet. Illustration schematics were also my responsibility.
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Book Design for Edward Benguiat - This is a book title proposed by Edward Benguiat, type designer. It was created while in class at SVA. It is a science fiction story of starting a new life through stolen identity. The title is divided into two parts, mimicking it’s name.
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