TerTor
2020
Editorial Design, Interviews, Market Research, Photography, Printing
7 × 9 in. Magazine
Portrait of Personal Geographies—Five International Londoners Share the Intimate Spaces that Shaped their City Experience.
TerTor is a self-published magazine exploring the territory and texture of London as a city. It layers photography, field notes, and fragmented personal narratives to examine how space is felt, claimed, and remembered.
The first issue features five international Londoners, each sharing an intimate narrative tied to a specific location in the city: Barbican, Tate Britain, Hampstead Heath, and Pimlico. Through these personal stories, TerTor reframes well-known places as lived, emotional territories.
The project began from a curiosity: what places do people truly cherish when living in a new city, beyond the obvious landmarks? I was interested in spaces that linger in memory—quiet routines, daily routes, or places of solitude. To shape the magazine, I conducted research in London’s magazine shops, studying diverse formats and editorial styles. This hands-on process helped me develop a concept and visual language grounded in emotional resonance.
The art direction centers on intimacy—close-up photographs and typography printed in slightly blurred ink to evoke the softness of memory. The magazine is printed on uncoated stock, with careful attention to tactility and pacing. I believe in the emotional impact that physical print can offer, and TerTor became a space for discovering the joy of researching, editing, and producing a printed object from start to finish.