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Ramen-topia
  • Shortlisted

Designed by
Michelle Mackintosh
Category
Best Designed Cookbook
Year
2018
Publisher
Smith Street Books

About the Designer

Michelle Mackintosh is an author, graphic designer and illustrator. She has worked on a number of illustrated books, including cookbooks and craft books. Michelle also designs stationery and logos. She is based in Melbourne, Australia.

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Design Rationale

Ramen-topia is a cook book with a seriously ‘gifty’ edge. Illustrated by Alice Oehr in her bright strong poppy style each recipe has a fun graphic rendition of the finished dish. A bright red cover, big bowl of ingredients packed soup, the cover works hard to be as strong as possible in the cook book arena where most books are photographically based. I used a modern sans serif with a simple recipe setting bordered with graphics I asked Alice to supply so I could make my own shapes. The ingredients inside the bowls looked so good I asked for them

Details
Dimensions
190 x 230 mm
No. pages
120
Credits
Internal Design
Michelle Mackintosh
Illustration
Alice Oehr
Printing
C&C Printing
Author
Deborah Kaloper