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The Death of Murat Idrissi
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Designed by
Daniel New, Laura Thomas
Category
Best Designed Literary Fiction Cover
Year
2020
Publisher
Scribe Publications

About the Designer

Daniel works closely with publishers and authors to capture unique stories and bring their visions to life. He was previously art director and designer at Lantern, Penguin Books, where he worked for a decade with experts in food, lifestyle and design. He is an award-winning designer with over 20 years’ experience. Daniel was a founding member of the Australian Book Designers Association and in 2017 he founded ‘New Studio’ in Surry Hills, Sydney.

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Design Rationale

The publisher suggested looking at available reportage photography showing the type of events this book documents. Rather than pursuing a photographic direction however, I illustrated, quite literally, the pivotal event in the book, in a stylised way so that you won’t realise this until you read it.

Murat Idrissi is a refugee who is smuggled in the boot of a car by the protagonists and he suffocates. I wanted to draw something appropriately powerful and sad that didn’t turn people away, but rather, drew them in.

Details
Dimensions
129 x 198 mm
No. pages
112
Special finishes
Case: 2c x 0c (PMS 4665U + black) – with CPI Sealer + Clear Foil Endpapers: 1c x 1c (PMS 322 U)
Credits
Internal Design
Laura Thomas
Illustration
Daniel New
Typesetting
Laura Thomas
Printing
CPI Group
Author
Tommy Wieringa