Geoff Borin – Designer

If you are looking for a designer who knows how to put a book together, with all the knowledge of the rules and conventions required, a great eye for detail plus a flare and passion for making it look beautiful - please get in touch!With a first class degree in Typography & Graphic Communication (from The University of Reading, UK) I spent several years working in London with top non-fiction, illustrated book publishers Mitchell Beazley and Hamlyn. Working my way up to the roll of Art Director, covering a wide range of subject areas including Food & Drink, Home & Lifestyle, Gardening, Art, Architecture, Antiques, History, Sport, Health & Wellbeing. I have been working successfully as a freelance designer since 2001.I can take any book project from initial concept through to final print-ready files, creating well thought out design solutions to a consistantly high standard, while always being mindful of the initial brief. I am experienced in commissioning and directing of design, photography, styling and illustration, preparing print-ready files and monitoring print production (proof checking and colour correction). I work in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.Clients include DK (Penguin Random House), Pitkin Books (Pavilion), Ryland, Peters & Small, Cico Books, Quarto, Watkins Media, Parragon Books, Kyle Books, Hardie Grant UK, New Holland Publishers, Mitchell Beazley, Hamlyn, Ebury Press, Weldon Owen (San Francisco, USA) Miguel Sal & C., Trentini Srl (Bologna, Italy). Apart from books I have also worked on magazines, catalogues, annual reports, logos, branding, packaging and exhibitions.