When I first heard about 48 Hour Magazine via Twitter, I was intrigued.

A group of San Francisco creatives set out on a mission to build, print and ship a magazine, starting from scratch, that revolves around a theme. It features the stories, interviews, illustrations, photographs, infographics, poems, etc. of contributors from all over the world. And the whole thing was completed in 48 hours.

So, I had to partake. My piece didn’t make the cut, but knowing I contributed to Issue 0 is satisfying in itself. The completed project will be up for sale here in the next couple weeks (exciting stuff, huh?).

“Hustle” was the theme for this first issue, and this was what I came up with: