BETH FORD DESIGN
BETH FORD DESIGN
Beth Ford / Glib Communications : Graphic Design and Marketing. Portland Oregon and Nevada City California. Glib:// is a vendor of imagination and ingenuity providing creative services to businesses and individuals.
AKA Glib Communications, is a vendor of imagination and ingenuity providing creative services to businesses and individuals.
Visit The Portfolios to view an assortment of recent design work. Visit The Design Briefs for a window into my creative process. Visit Book Design to see a changing selection of my favorite recent book projects. Visit Clients to read what others have to say.
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A client's family history, preserved and published. In full color, hardbound, with dust jacket. See inside the project.
I was asked to capture and restore the images and ephemera, and to create an elegant historical record— a chronology, with beauty and character. Richer than a typical photo book or album, the client wanted the book to have texture and depth, expressive color and illustration.
“Let it be said that Airlie Press, here and in other books, presents a sleek, beautiful edition, worthy of the poet’s talents, to offer an experience all of a piece. Turning the high-quality, artfully designed pages, or gazing as I did numerous times at the front cover of a crow standing atop a tilted children’s carousel, ambiguous harbinger, runt tree bending over the bird’s figure, behind it an empty sky smudged gray and white, the foreground spare grass and dead leaves, is an odd and affecting pleasure.” —Johnny Payne, Merion West
Cover Design
Interior Design
Original Art
Printing Services
Editorial Consulting
Copyediting
Proofreading
Publishing Liaison
Revoke, Joy Manesiotis, Airlie Press 2023. More book design here.
Branding and Logo
Business Cards
Letterhead and Envelopes
Personal Stationery
Wedding and Party Invitations
Corporate Holiday Greetings
Signage: Interior and Exterior
Vinyl Banners
Trade Show Displays
Custom Responsive Websites
Digital Advertising Design
Online Portfolios
Wedding and Event Sites
Squarespace Customization
Interactive Presentations
Keynote Presentations
Magazine Advertising
Catalogs
Posters
Mailers
Brochures
Fine letterpress
Annual Reports
Invitations
Announcements
Corporate Greeting Cards
Surprised and delighted to see a book I designed in a feature on Orion Magazine’s website. AGAIN, by Jennifer Perrine, is right in the center of this screencap. The ouroboros, an alchemical symbol, expresses the interconnection of all things, material and spiritual. I was pleased that the author responded positively when I proposed it. Read more here.