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Unbreaking the Girl
  • Shortlisted

Designed by
Lisa White
Category
Best Designed Commercial Fiction Cover
Year
2019
Publisher
Naked Eye Creative

About the Designer

Lisa White is an award winning freelance designer with many years experience in the publishing industry. She previously worked inhouse for Scholastic, spent a decade with Allen & Unwin and most recently was Head of Design for HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand and ABC Books.

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Design Rationale

This novel is based on a true story and was written specifically to be produced as a movie. After the main character finds herself torn apart by her troubled past, her strives for her independence and to put her life back together. The brief asked for a filmic quality with a simple strong graphic and a nod to Saul Bass. Immediately I thought of a discarded paper doll that had been ripped and torn but not destroyed enough that it couldn’t be taped back together. Representing the girl as fragile yet resilient and tough.

Details
Dimensions
153 x 230 mm
No. pages
366
Special finishes
Matt lamination with emboss on the type.
Credits
Internal Design
Critical Mass Consulting
Illustration
Lisa White
Typesetting
Critical Mass Consulting
Printing
Hang Tai Printing
Author
Adrian Simons