- Designed by
- Josh Durham
- Category
- Best Designed Young Adult Cover
- Year
- 2016
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
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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This YA book is a fantastical dystopian coming-of-age story. The protagonist lives in the shadow of a murderous sibling. I wanted to capture a sense of hidden identity and desperation with an image that had a in-your-face physicality and a subtle fantasy element, but also maximum shelf presence. I created the artwork in Photoshop out of bits and pieces of budget stock photography and knitted in a landscape and sense of place. I hand drew the typography with a dramatic scrawl to match the drama of the cover artwork. All photo illustration work and typography is by Design by Committee.
- Details
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- Dimensions
- 128 x 198 mm
- No. pages
- 304
- Credits
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- Printing
- McPherson's Printing Group
- Author
- Kathryn Barker