- Designed by
- Josh Durham
- Category
- Best Designed Commercial Fiction Cover
- Year
- 2017
- Publisher
- Echo Publishing
About the Designer
Josh worked in magazine design before setting up his company Design by Committee under the mentorship of Australian book design luminary W.H. Chong. He draws upon a broad skill base to offer both illustrative and concept driven solutions to literary fiction, commercial fiction, YA, children’s, non fiction and illustrated book commissions for all of Australia’s leading publishers.
View profile- Design Rationale
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The starting point was to develop a strong series look/feel that could be flexible enough to apply with some variation to forthcoming books. I wanted something graphic incorporating both illustration and typography- something that echoed the archeological themes using shape, pattern and colour but rendered to achieve a a definite classic mystery feel. I hit upon the idea of incorporating the title as a illustrative element within the main illustration and keeping the author/ series branding outside of this picture plane. The cover has a complete feel with the illustrative wrap and typographical consistency across the spine and back cover.
- Details
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- Dimensions
- 126 x 198 mm
- No. pages
- 352
- Special finishes
- Matt lamination with spot UV
- Credits
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- Internal Design
- Shaun Jury
- Illustration
- All illustration work and title typography by Design by Committee.
- Typesetting
- Shaun Jury
- Printing
- Griffin Press
- Author
- L.J.M. Owen