Editorial design for independent magazines

Inkubator is an editorial design studio with 20+ years of experience working with magazines rooted in culture, art, and ideas. We’ve partnered with titles big and small, some for over a decade, helping teams produce publications that are sharp, consistent, and on schedule.

When you work with Inkubator, you get:

  • Clean, story-first page design

  • Clear communication and drama-free collaboration

  • Always on-time delivery

  • A seasoned team that scales to fit your needs

VICE Magazine

Global Editorial Design | Long-Term Partnership | Monthly

  • Helped evolve VICE Magazine from an alternative punk magazine into a global media brand with 20 editions in 27 markets and 15 languages.

  • Led a six-person design team producing thousands of pages monthly.

  • Developed a content-first design system enabling seamless localization while preserving a bold, unpredictable visual identity.

CREEM Magazine

Art Direction  |  Relaunch  |  Quarterly

  • Art direction and page layout for CREEM, a bold, subscription-only music magazine with a 50-year legacy.

  • Led visual identity and design for its modern relaunch. 

  • Designed 144-page issues featuring new music, longform stories, full-page photography, and comics. 

  • Collaborated closely with a distributed editorial team.

Herizons Magazine

Long-Term Partnership | Feminist Publishing | Quarterly

  • Shaped the visual identity of Canada’s foremost feminist magazine across a 22-year partnership

  • Developed layouts for all 48-page quarterly issues, and a wide range of editorial collateral and subscriber needs

  • Created a flexible, consistent visual system on modest production budgets.

Let’s talk.

Now booking new editorial clients for 2025

Alen Zukanović  |  Contact