Awards Book Archive

The Hot Chicken Project
  • Longlisted

Designed by
Vaughan Mossop, NBHD Creative
Category
Best Designed Cookbook
Year
2021
Publisher
Hardie Grant Books

About the Designer

Vaughan has worked with a wide range of diverse clientele and sharpened his skills in boutique studios, publishing houses, corporate high-rises and fast-paced editorial floors. Outside of book design, Vaughan works primarily in packaging design & motion graphics.

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Design Rationale

The challenging design aspect of this title was to spread a rather light manuscript over many pages and still look dense enough to show value to the consumer. Luckily, Julian Kingma’s portraits and food photography are so beautiful that I was able to design a minimal ‘gallery’ vibe, with large white borders and brutalist san serif fonts. The cover shows a literal snapshot of the internals while remaining minimal. A red spine and back cover references the red spice mixture of the Nashville hot chicken.

Details
Dimensions
200 x 270 mm
No. pages
240
Special finishes
Deboss
Credits
Internal Design
Vaughan Mossop, NBHD Creative
Photography
Julian Kingma
Typesetting
Vaughan Mossop, NBHD Creative
Printing
Leo Paper Products
Author
Aaron Turner