- Designed by
- Josh Durham
- Category
- Best Designed Literary Fiction Book
- Year
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Queensland Press
About the Designer
Josh worked in magazine design before setting up his company Design by Committee under the mentorship of Australian book design luminary W.H. Chong. He draws upon a broad skill base to offer both illustrative and concept driven solutions to literary fiction, commercial fiction, YA, children’s, non fiction and illustrated book commissions for all of Australia’s leading publishers.
View profile- Design Rationale
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A gorgeous collection- I read it at least 3 times! I had this idea of using somehow using Bunya nuts which feature in one of the poems but not in a literal sense (this was poetry after all!) and started playing around with illustrated nut shapes. I roughed out the idea of a pyramid stack- albeit with a variety of shapes and sizes-and also one inverted. These also became a vehicle to carry the title and author type. The solution is graphically strong and makes for a compelling cover design while at the same time feeding back into the narrative.
- Details
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- Dimensions
- 128 x 198 mm
- No. pages
- 84
- Special finishes
- Matt Lamination finish
- Credits
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- Internal Design
- Post-Pres Press Group
- Illustration
- Josh Durham, Design by Committee
- Typesetting
- Post-Pres Press Group
- Printing
- McPherson's Printing Group
- Author
- Ellen Van Neervan