Dark and Stormy Night: Gothic Influence in Contemporary Art was curated by Bartholomew F. Bland, Executive Director of the Lehman College Art Gallery, as a large group show, timed for a Halloween-season release. For these themed group exhibitions, we have an established design standard across our prior catalogs that allowed for a more expressive presentation compared to traditional fine-arts publications — we discovered bold atmospherics, a surreal glow, and carefully restrained decorative dark motifs that heightened the theme without overshadowing the artworks.

Because group shows demand versatility, we created a stable, flexible layout system capable of handling diverse media, artist essays, and image formats, supported by a few expressive hero spreads adapted from source material. The result is a catalogue that is visually striking yet grounded in clarity and sophistication. Editor Linda Locke was closely involved in the design phase, offering insights and ideas that provided invaluable support and helped elevate the project.

Book design, layout, typography, image preparation, and production coordination by Alex Stevovich for Lehman College Art Gallery.

This section shows featured layouts from Dark and Stormy Night: Gothic Influence in Contemporary Art in their printed sequence.