John Hall Design Group

New in Studio News: More about the recent Gold Award for Book Interior Design that we won at this year's Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Awards, including a selection of interior spreads from the winning book, Urban Fly Fishing Dallas/Fort Worth.

Book Interior Design Earns IBPA Gold Award | John Hall Design Group I’m excited to announce that Urban Fly Fishing Dallas/Fort Worth , a book we designed last year for Imbrifex Books , took home the Gold Award—the top prize for Book Interior Design —at this year’s Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Awards . The event was held on Friday, May 15, 2...

Just wrapped up the design of our latest annual report project for longtime client the Urban Land Institute. This marks the third straight year the studio has produced ULI’s global annual report—just one of many types of publication projects we’ve partnered on together in a client relationship that has spanned more than 15 years.

This year’s report highlights the stories, partnerships, and initiatives shaping communities across the globe through ULI’s extensive network of real estate developers, architects, urban planners, land use experts, and industry leaders. It features powerful examples of collaboration, resilience, innovation, and leadership helping to shape the future of the built environment.

Really happy with how this one came together.

Check out the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eAPQcMEp

Annual reports are one of our favorite types of projects because they bring together two of the studio’s core strengths: the storytelling approach we’ve honed over two decades of book and magazine design, and the data visualization expertise we’ve developed through years of financial-services publishing and marketing.

If your organization is thinking about its next annual report—print, digital, or both—I’d love to connect.

I’m excited to share that a book we designed last year for Imbrifex Books won the top prize for Book Interior Design at this year’s Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Awards. ( ). Urban Fly Fishing Dallas/Fort Worth took home the Gold Award at this year’s IBPA Awards event, held Friday night in Portland, Oregon.

View the award announcement here: https://www.ibpabookaward.org/winners-interior-design

Here’s a new impact report we designed for Jim Heid, FASLA and his Building Small initiative, which has grown from a passion project into a national movement over the past six years.

This dynamic, 8-page report celebrates the growth of the movement, which has included dozens of well-attended forums, speaking engagements, and coaching events in cities across the country. The events are all in support of Jim’s vision of smaller-scale development as a way to create more humane, authentic spaces that help build community, not as a commodity.

We first began working with Jim in 2020, when we designed his awesome book Building Small for the Urban Land Institute. The book explored the what, why, and how of smaller-scale development.

We later developed Jim’s website (https://www.jheid.com) as a central place to detail his vision, and chronicle his many forums, speaking events, and writings, as well as his personal development projects.

Check out the full report and learn more about Building Small's history and exciting future here: https://www.jheid.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SmallImpact26_FinalWEB.pdf

Interesting to read this feature about the lasting impact of one of my favorite Urban Land Institute book design projects, The Building Healthy Places Toolkit, which my studio designed 10 years ago.

"The Toolkit has proven to be an enduring, valuable ULI resource for developers, architects, planners, community practitioners, policymakers, and others aiming to create more livable, vibrant, and health-conscious spaces that benefit all communities ... Praised for its clear, concise, and accessible content—enhanced by its graphics, structure, and examples—the Toolkit remains relevant today."

As part of the Toolkit's 10th anniversary, we just completed three new update reports for ULI on strategies for mitigating noise pollution, enhancing social connection, and improving indoor air quality.

Celebrating a Decade of the Building Healthy Places Toolkit Ten years ago, ULI released the Building Healthy Places Toolkit: Strategies for Enhancing Health in the Built Environment report. The Toolkit, developed by ULI in partnership with the Center for Active Design, offered 21 practical and tactical evidence-based strategies and recommendations that real....

Check out the full flipbook version of the just released 2025 edition of Discover Gloucester.

2025-26 Discover Gloucester Guide Welcome to Issuu’s blog: home to product news, tips, resources, interviews (and more) related to content marketing and publishing.

The new Guidebooks are here!! This was our 6th year of designing the official Discover Gloucester Guidebook, one of our favorite annual projects. Look for your copy out in the wild throughout Gloucester and Cape Ann this summer!

This year’s visitor guides have arrived! The 2025-26 guide features everything you need to know to plan your next trip to , plus maps, an event calendar, and so much more! Order a print copy or view the digital version at discovergloucester.com.

The cover photo for this year’s guide was taken by Sperling and design was by John Hall Design Group.