Designed by

Category

Best Designed Series (including Classics)

Year

2014

Publisher

Scribe Publications

About the Designer

Design Rationale

These modernist designs intentionally break from traditional literary fiction cover design to bring 20th century German novelist Hans Falladaís fiction to a contemporary Australian audience. Both the patterns and the print techniques of this series design evoke pre-war Germany, the setting for Falladaís work. The patterns are constructions based on themes from the book; one design is based on the deconstruction of the Nazi flag. The design are printed emulating production techniques from this same era: solid areas of matt foil are stamped onto an uncoated surface which gives solidity to the colour and tactility to the surface.

Details

Dimensions

137 x 213 mm

Special finishes

Uncoated stock, foiling

Credits

Internal Design

Illustration

Miriam Rosenbloom

Author

Hans Fallada