Neon lights line the labyrinth streets of Japan’s capital city, Tokyo, revealing fish markets, arcades, and eclectic sushi restaurants beneath the metro. The beating heart of the city is the world-renowned metro train, weaving commuters in and out of distinct prefectures within the metropolis. Skyscrapers line the horizon just as parks punctuate the inner city financial districts. Tokyo is not to be glanced over, for it is here where both the wild and sophisticated maintain a careful symbiosis. 

The essence of Wandr Magazine will be to reveal a culture quite different from the United States, and thus lure young millennials to engage in travel and exploration in a way that is accessible, and non-elitist. Wandr Magazine serves to be an experimental, interactive, travel magazine, with this issue featuring a spread on the city of Tokyo’s must sees. 

Unlike Conde Nast, Time, and Vogue, this magazine will center around a sole city, with the message essentially being, “just go.” Wandr is intended to be visually eye catching, and raw. No filters, just the city as it is, and it’s main, or underrated attractions for the leisurely traveler. Bold typography pairs well with the images and serve as a reaction to them. 

The typefaces used within Wandr are Din, Bodoni, Montserrat, FF Tokyo, Raleway, and various weights of Futura. These typefaces have modern personalities, and are telling of the images they are paired with. Wandr is a bright, immersive, approachable experience. Welcome to the first issue about the metropolis of Tokyo.

All images were taken by myself in December 2016. The purpose of this project was to create typography in reaction to the photographs, so that the reader may be involved with both image and type.