Author Archives: Benjamen

About Benjamen

Benjamen Purvis is the Design Director of Runner's World magazine. | Email

Screen Shots

At the beginning of 2010 I introduced a new step to my work process, and I think it’s helped me grow a lot as a designer. It’s really simple — it’s basically a variation of hard copy proofing, only it’s … Continue reading

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Snow Day

We had some snow in Seattle on the Monday before Thanksgiving — a rare thing around here. That afternoon I was at Ryan McVay’s photo studio for January’s Quote Unquote portrait, and between setups I’d head to the window to … Continue reading

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Dec.

The December issue of Seattle Met was by far the most intense one I’ve put together yet. I designed props for photos, illustrated a bunch of spots in order to keep the budget down, and went eighteen days straight without … Continue reading

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Cover of the Day

Seattle Met‘s Best High Schools cover is the SPD’s Cover of the Day.

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The NOW-vember Issue

I wanted to do something that felt urgent and and unique with the presentation of the photos for Seattle Met‘s Where to Eat NOW feature in the November issue, so I displaced slices of Lindsay Borden‘s shots to give them … Continue reading

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