- Designed by
- Klarissa Pfisterer, Pfisterer + Freeman
- Category
- Best Designed Literary Fiction Book
- Year
- 2020
- Publisher
- NewSouth Publishing
About the Designer
With a background in design and branding in Australia and the UK, Klarissa launched Pfisterer + Freeman in 2000, specialising in book projects for publishers big and small and for independent authors with an idea or story to share. She is based at the Abbotsford Convent Arts Precinct, Melbourne.
View profile- Design Rationale
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The early scientific glass-plate photography of animal specimens from the Australian Museum are both fascinating and macabre. A strong use of black in the design, frames the eerie beauty of these black and white images and the light and spacious typography keeps the focus on the photography. The part-title and chapter opener pages reference the difficult process of plate-making with strong black backgrounds, light exposure and negative light effects. The spot UV on the cover captures the process of pouring light sensitive collodion liquid onto a fresh glass-plate and overlaid frames capture the sense of exposure and negative light.
- Details
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- Dimensions
- 200 x 260 mm
- No. pages
- 192
- Credits
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- Internal Design
- Klarissa Pfisterer, Pfisterer + Freeman
- Typesetting
- Pfisterer + Freeman
- Printing
- 1010 Printing
- Author
- Vanessa Finney