Two pages from a gardening magazine article featuring colorful photos of various annual flowers, including white daisy-like flowers, blue cornflowers, pink petunias, and purple and red foliage plants, with descriptive text about each plant.

A section of an 8 page spread for The Gardening Magazine

The artwork of a luggage conveyor belt with women in bikinis with various bandages from their surgeries.

Bespoke collage created for an article about plastic surgery tourism. It depicts a luggage conveyor belt lined with women in bikinis.

A magazine page features a quote by Ellen Coyne with an abstract, artistic side profile of a woman with long hair, visualized in red and blue silhouettes. The quote reads, "I don't know what's going to happen when I leave the house. If I'm going to see them. And if I'll know who they are. And if they'll approach me. Or, if that's not their game, what else are they doing? Are they just watching me?" The page includes a brief context about a woman who posed as her real name on dating apps, and was investigated by authorities.

This artwork was for The Independent's Weekend Magazine. It was for an article about catfishing. The artwork has a duotone faces over lap to form a darker silhouette to representing the catfish’s dual personalities.

A digital illustration of a lively outdoor terrace scene by a canal, with brightly colored buildings in the background, people sitting at tables enjoying food and drinks, swans and birds flying in the sky, and reflections of the buildings on the water.

Designed by Paula Dallaghan for Life Magazine Weekend Magazine in The Irish Sunday Independent and The Irish Independent. All content property of Life Magazine in The Irish Sunday Independent and The Irish Independent.

Cover of Sunday Independent Life magazine featuring an ice cube with a message inside that reads 'Ice, baby.' headline asks, 'Can freezing your eggs really insure against disappointment?' date February 26, 2023, authors listed as Chrissie Russell, Michelle Fleming, Triona McCarthy, Geraldine Herbert.
Close-up of ice cubes with eggs inside, covered in water droplets, with a newspaper headline about insurance policy and egg freezing.

Award-winning artwork for an article about women's experiences freezing their eggs. The artwork features an egg encased in a cube of ice, accompanied by the headline "Ice Baby."

Editorial design

Editorial design is the structure beneath great digital work. Typography sets tone. Hierarchy directs focus. Custom artwork creates presence and individuality. When an experience feels effortless and considered, editorial thinking built it