Real Life

Archiving an Influential Digital Magazine

Real Life

Archiving an Influential Digital Magazine

Real Life

Archiving an Influential Digital Magazine

Client

Snap, Inc.

Type
Editorial

Print

Role
Lead Designer:

Cover

Layout

Production

Project Description
Running from 2016 to 2022, Real Life was a prescient online magazine about living with technology. It featured numerous essays on the topic and discusses timely themes through a critical lens. The eponymous book compiles select essays and dutifully translates the website’s surreal visual style into print form.


Hardcover

6 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches

248 pages


Completed at IN-FO.CO

Client

Snap, Inc.

Client


Snap, Inc.

Type

Editorial
Print

Type

Editorial
Print

Role

Lead Designer:
Cover
Layout
Production

Role

Lead Designer:
Cover
Layout
Production

Credits

Design:
Adam Michaels
V.E. Chen

Editors:
Nathan Jurgenson
Rob Horning
Soraya King
Alexandra Molotkow

Illustrator:
Cynthia Alfonso

Project Description

Running from 2016 to 2022, Real Life was a prescient online magazine about living with technology. It featured numerous essays on the topic and discusses timely themes through a critical lens. The eponymous book compiles select essays and dutifully translates the website’s surreal visual style into print form.

Hardcover
6 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches
248 pages

Completed at IN-FO.CO

Credits

Design:
Adam Michaels
V.E. Chen

Editors:
Nathan Jurgenson
Rob Horning
Soraya King
Alexandra Molotkow

Illustrator:
Cynthia Alfonso

Credits

Design:
Adam Michaels
V.E. Chen


Editors:
Nathan Jurgenson
Rob Horning
Soraya King
Alexandra Molotkow


Illustrator:
Cynthia Alfonso

©V.E. Chen 2026

©V.E. Chen 2026

©V.E. Chen 2026