MAN OF THE YEAR 100
The Maroon Tiger at Morehouse College | Layout Director
In the centennial year of The Maroon Tiger at Morehouse College, Editor-in-Chief Colin Royal appointed me as Layout Director for the outlet's flagship publication: Man of the Year. The celebration of this historic milestone begins on the cover. Inside the shadow of a 100 silhouette, some of the best MT covers over the years tell the story of a century of premier student storytelling.
Scroll to see some of best content in this historic magazine.
TITULAR PROFILES
The first section in the magazine is the titular one, honoring the student who is voted as Man of the Year by the Morehouse and Spelman student bodies. The 2025 winner Rollin Jackson, Jr. is featured in two spreads: a cover and a profile. This structure is replicated for Simone Moales, the 2025 Woman of the Year. Using transparency, font glyphs and phenomenal portrait photography, I told the story of these two legends in the making.
Photography by Carson Ming
Photography by Carson Ming
Photography by Carson Ming
Photography by Carson Ming
TITLE PAGES
When thinking of what to title our centennial magazine, we wanted to use a word that reflects the unparalleled lineage that we have take part in. The noun heritage immediately came to mind. Because we used the cover to celebrate our centennial, the publication's theme appears on page 1. The visual is a photo from Morehouse in 1925, the first school year with The Maroon Tiger. The back inside cover highlights our full definition of heritage.
CATEGORICAL COVERAGE
Man of the Year is fueled by a vote of the student body to select community members to represent ten categories: faculty, entrepreneurs, athletes, artists, intellectuals, faculty members and each current class. Each category is represented by four people, or "faces." With a structure similar to the titular profiles, every section has a cover that includes a section description and collage. The profile pages include a short story of each winner and a photo.
Below are some of winners from the various categories.
ENTRY AND EXIT GALLERIES
Pages 2 and 68 are intentionally simple. Instead of trying to create a graphic or some visual art to depict what heritage looks like, I used the winners—the faces of the Centennial—to provide the best image of what a storied heritage looks like.
