Designed by

Category

Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book

Year

2014

Publisher

Thames & Hudson Australia

About the Designer

Design Rationale

The first consideration for I’ve an Uncle Ivan was to be sympathetic to the mid-century aesthetic of the illustrations. I wanted the reader to feel as though the book was designed in the 1950s, complete with deliberately out-of-register printing, muted colours and coarse halftones. Custom typography for the title uses the same textures as the illustration work and encourages a seamless look. The use of a casual-yet-stylish typeface lead me to settle on a font that hasn’t been used in a children’s book before, yet has a friendly and familiar feel that matches the lilt of the rhyming text.

Details

Dimensions

280 x 235 mm

No. pages

32

Special finishes

PLC with spot UV

Credits

Internal Design

Illustration

Ben Sanders

Author

Ben Sanders