Awards Book Archive

The Naked Farmer
  • Longlisted

Designed by
Laura Thomas
Category
Best Designed Non-Fiction Cover
Year
2021
Publisher
Pan Macmillan Australia

About the Designer

Laura is a Melbourne-based book designer. She has a number of years of experience working across a wide variety of titles as an in-house designer at Penguin Random House, and is now a senior designer at Scribe Publications.

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Design Rationale

This collection of personal stories of farmers dealing with mental health issues is based on the successful Instagram account, so I had a great source of images to work with. I wanted to keep it simple and unadorned and really allow the arresting image to do a lot of the work — the result is simple and cheeky and it’s not everyday to see a naked bum on a cover! I’m glad the publisher and I were able to stick to our guns and fight for the naked bum to stay naked and not be covered by a sticker or

Details
Dimensions
154 x 233 mm
No. pages
208
Special finishes
Gloss lamination Embossing
Credits
Internal Design
Post Pre-press Group
Photography
The Naked Farmer
Typesetting
Post Pre-Press Group
Printing
IVE Group
Author
Ben Brooksdby