Zoë Lou
About Me:
I'm an editorial designer working in print and independent publishing. I run QuestionMark.Zines, an experimental zine project that translates current events into visual narratives, and I have production experience in Risograph and screen printing. Based in New York City.
Select Work Isaboko Guidebook Volume TwoAbout Me:
I'm an editorial designer working in print and independent publishing. I run QuestionMark.Zines, an experimental zine project that translates current events into visual narratives, and I have production experience in Risograph and screen printing. Based in New York City.
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Isaboko is an art and design practice giving historic fabrics a second life while honoring what has come before.
Through the use of waste textiles, zero-waste patternmaking, and gender-free design, Isaboko has developed a radically sustainable design system rooted in the principles of Solarpunk and Degrowth.
Working under the direction of Isabella Kostrzewa, I designed Volume 2 of the Isaboko Guidebook, an evolving record of the brand’s ideas, processes, transitions, and creations. The publication brings together the past and present of Isaboko’s practice, translating its material philosophy into an editorial system that feels tactile, experimental, and considered.
Isaboko needed a visual identity that could hold together across very different content types, e-commerce product catalogs, technical pattern-making explainers, and fashion lookbook photography, while staying true to the brand's zero-waste, DIY ethos. I built a recurring stamped-red identity system with hand-stamped, stencil-style typography that carries across all 22 pages, so the same brand voice reads whether you're looking at a jacket listing or a kimono pattern diagram. The stamped, slightly imperfect type mirrors the brand's own material philosophy: nothing precious, everything reused and reworked.
Through the use of waste textiles, zero-waste patternmaking, and gender-free design, Isaboko has developed a radically sustainable design system rooted in the principles of Solarpunk and Degrowth.
Working under the direction of Isabella Kostrzewa, I designed Volume 2 of the Isaboko Guidebook, an evolving record of the brand’s ideas, processes, transitions, and creations. The publication brings together the past and present of Isaboko’s practice, translating its material philosophy into an editorial system that feels tactile, experimental, and considered.
Isaboko needed a visual identity that could hold together across very different content types, e-commerce product catalogs, technical pattern-making explainers, and fashion lookbook photography, while staying true to the brand's zero-waste, DIY ethos. I built a recurring stamped-red identity system with hand-stamped, stencil-style typography that carries across all 22 pages, so the same brand voice reads whether you're looking at a jacket listing or a kimono pattern diagram. The stamped, slightly imperfect type mirrors the brand's own material philosophy: nothing precious, everything reused and reworked.