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The F Team
  • Highly Commended

Designed by
Ben Juers
Category
Best Designed Young Adult Cover
Year
2021
Publisher
Giramondo Publishing Company
Design Rationale

In designing the cover for Rawah Arja’s The F-Team, I aimed to reflect the story’s anarchic energy, and make it stand out from other Young Adult novels. I wanted to strike a balance between precision and chaos, in keeping with the nature of rugby (around which the story revolves) and the dynamics underlying the story, which are constantly in flux: friendship, animosity, cultural difference, masculinity. To this end, I looked to the expressionist, off-kilter charm of Lyonel Feininger and the efficiency of European ligne claire cartooning as models.

Details
Dimensions
148 x 210 mm
No. pages
384
Credits
Internal Design
Jenny Grigg
Illustration
Ben Juers
Typesetting
Andrew Davies
Printing
Ligare Book Printers
Author
Rawah Arja