Awards Book Archive

The Last Thirteen Series
  • Shortlisted

Designed by
Nicole Stofberg
Category
Best Designed Children’s/Young Adult Series
Year
2014
Publisher
Scholastic Australia
Design Rationale

As the opening book in a thirteen-book series, the cover design of Book One needed to reflect not only themes of action, history, dreams and reality, but be grounded by a dynamic visual that could be adapted for each book that followed. The number/title of each book became the main feature in which to frame mosaic images. Spot UV highlights additional key elements like the main characters and gears, without over-complicating the design. The internals build upon the cover with an opening mosaic, large chapter numbers, book-specific running headers and font changes that easily convey the reality and dream sequences.

Details
Dimensions
128 x 198 mm
Special finishes
Matt lamination with Spot UV
Credits
Internal Design
Nicole Stofberg
Illustration
Chad Mitchell and Nicole Stofberg
Typesetting
Nicole Stofberg
Printing
McPherson's Printing Group
Author
James Phelan