Awards Book Archive

It Sounded Better in My Head
  • Shortlisted

Designed by
Imogen Stubbs
Category
Best Designed Young Adult Cover
Year
2020
Publisher
Text Publishing

About the Designer

Imogen is the art director at Text Publishing, where she has worked as a book designer and production manager since 2011. She manages the book and marketing design program while also designing covers for literary fiction, non-fiction, young adult and middle grade titles. In 2015 she was shortlisted for Young Designer of the Year at the Australian Book Design Awards. Previously she designed and art directed the literary magazines Harvest and The Key of Sea Journal. Imogen served on the…

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Design Rationale

A big-hearted romantic comedy, It Sounded Better In My Head is about friendship, family, love and the courage to let someone see you, flaws and all. The brief called for a modern, bright, fun take on the teen romantic comedy genre, something that wasn’t too twee or over the top but celebrated the character’s uniqueness while also capitalising on the strong title. A yellow colour scheme with pops of pink was utilized for a fresh, summery feel.

Details
Dimensions
153 x 234 mm
No. pages
304
Special finishes
Matt lamination with spot uv (characters and text), emboss (award logo and text) and foil (award logo)
Credits
Internal Design
Imogen Stubbs
Illustration
Giulia Rosa
Typesetting
J&M Typesetting
Printing
Griffin Press
Author
Nina Kenwood