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The Younger Man, Textbook Romance , Playing the Field, The Wrong Girl and Air Kisses
  • Shortlisted

Designed by
Allison Colpoys
Category
Best Designed Series (including Classics)
Year
2018
Publisher
Penguin Random House Australia

About the Designer

Allison Colpoys is an award-winning designer and illustrator, and the Art Director at Scribe Publications. Her picture books include The Underwater Fancy-dress Parade, Under the Love Umbrella, If All the World Were… and All the Ways To Be Smart. As well as receiving numerous Australian Book Design Awards for her illustration and cover design, she has won the CBCA Crichton Award for Best New Talent and two Australian Book Industry Awards.

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Design Rationale

This re-jacketing of Zoe Foster Blake’s entire backlist was beautifully handled by Allison. Fresh, graphic, vibrant and clean, it pulled this backlist together in a cohesive yet striking fashion.

Details
Dimensions
129 x 198 mm
No. pages
Various
Credits
Photography
Author photograph: Michael Tran
Printing
Griffin Press
Author
Zoe Foster Blake