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Tokyo Local
  • Shortlisted

Designed by
Evi O.
Category
Best Designed Cookbook
Year
2019
Publisher
Smith Street Books

About the Designer

Evi O. established her reputation for a strong design aesthetic and collaborative spirit during a decade at Penguin Books, most notably creating award-winning illustrated books in the fields of food, design, interiors, architecture, art, garden and wellness. Her art and design practice ranges across 2D and 3D forms, print and digital, having collaborated with book and magazine publishers, homeware labels, and brands. She practices from her Marrickville studio in Sydney. She is a founding member of ABDA.

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Design Rationale

Part travel diary, part cookbook, the book transports the readers to a day in Tokyo. The design concept religiously follow the sun, with running heads and chapter openers featuring circle as a sun, rising and setting. Cover, endpapers, contents and chapter openers consistently feature the sun, which comfortably happens to be the Japanese flag. Internals feature recipe pages with rotating display typefaces for headings, reflecting that madness of Tokyo, complemented by illustrations. Various layouts are designed for breakout spreads. The cover is embellished with embossing, spot UV and special lamination. This title is a first of a series of three.

Details
Dimensions
195 x 245 mm
No. pages
224
Special finishes
Spot UV for title text and red circle. Debossed subtitle and author names.
Credits
Internal Design
Evi O.
Photography
Alana Dimou
Illustration
Evi O., Evi O. Studio
Typesetting
Evi O., Evi O. Studio
Printing
C&C Offset Printing
Author
Caryn Liew and Brendan Liew