- Designed by
- W.H. Chong
- Category
- Best Designed Series (including Classics)
- Year
- 2019
- Publisher
- Text Publishing
About the Designer
W. H. Chong is the long-time design director at Text Publishing and designed their logo. In 2013 Chong was inducted into the Australian Book Design Hall of Fame. He is a founding member of ABDA, serving as Secretary from 2014 to 2016. He has written and spoken about book design, and blogged on art and culture for Crikey and Daily Review. He is also an exhibiting artist. …
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A series design for a quartet of crime thrillers featuring Jack Irish. The photos work as atmospheric backgrounds to playful variations on the visual conventions of crime covers.
- Details
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- Dimensions
- 128 x 198 mm
- No. pages
- Varying
- Special finishes
- Matt lamination
- Credits
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- Internal Design
- W.H. Chong
- Photography
- W.H. Chong
- Illustration
- W.H. Chong
- Typesetting
- J&M Typesetting
- Printing
- Griffin Press
- Author
- Peter temple
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