Awards Book Archive

Comfort Food
  • Shortlisted

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.

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Design Rationale

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
Dimensions
128 x 198 mm
No. pages
84
Special finishes
Matt Lamination finish
Credits
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