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Rebel Without a Clause
  • Longlisted

Designed by
Alissa Dinallo
Category
Best Designed Non-Fiction Book
Year
2021
Publisher
Pan Macmillan Australia

About the Designer

Alissa is a Sydney-based book designer who has worked in-house at Allen & Unwin and Penguin Random House. When not designing for commercial publishing houses, Alissa also works closely with writers to create artist’s books and typographic works. She is also a co-founder of BookEating Press, a boutique publishing company. She was named Young Designer of the Year at the 2015 Australian Book Design Awards.

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Design Rationale

Rebel Without a Clause cleverly examines how, over time, we have invented new words and phrases, mashed up idioms, mispronounced, misused and misappropriated the english language. The cover uses the kinetic typography as a metaphor for these ways in which words and phrases have been manipulated, with an illustration of a figure attempting to steal the letter ‘L’, turning Clause into Cause. The cover is a hardback, that uses a bright pinky/red PMS with bold black and white text.

Details
Dimensions
129 x 198 mm
No. pages
272
Special finishes
PLC case binding End Paper – Coloured (PMS Supplied) Head and tail bands – Black Matt Lamination Spot UV varnish
Credits
Internal Design
Alissa Dinallo
Typesetting
Midland Typesetters
Printing
IVE Group
Author
Sue Butler