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Lights Out, Leonard
  • Shortlisted

Design Rationale

Right from the start I wanted to create a bold, graphic and ‘organic’ look. Text placement, hand-lettered font and layout played an important part as each spread has its own personality. Attaching Chris Nixons’ stylised feel to the project helped inject a wonderful sense of drama by introducing great textures and depth through overlays and playing with light and shade. Pushing the play between line work and shapes and patterns with a limited color palette.

Details
Dimensions
237 x 294 mm
No. pages
32
Credits
Internal Design
Marina Messiha
Illustration
Chris Nixon
Typesetting
Penguin Random House Australia
Printing
R.R. Donnelley
Author
Josh Pyke