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We Are Wolves
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Designed by
Hazel Lam
Category
Best Designed Children's Fiction Book
Year
2021
Publisher
ABC Books an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

About the Designer

Hazel is a senior book designer at HarperCollins ANZ, where she entered the publishing industry in 2013. Her experience spreads across fiction, non-fiction, illustrated books, children’s illustrated books and YA. In her previous life she has worked in motion graphics, broadcast design, magazine publishing and advertising for various clients in both Sydney and London. She loves to obsessively illustrate patterns, eat delicious foods and tell cheese jokes to anyone who will listen.

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Design Rationale

This gorgeous illustration by Martina Heiduczek sets the mood and scene of We Are Wolves, about three children fleeing from the Russian Army at the end of the war, so it lead the design of this beautiful book. I wanted the cover font to have the same textural tacility that the artwork has so I chose a hand drawn serif font and added a texture and gradient to it. The internal openers feature more of Martina’s wonderful illustrations and textural backgrounds and the font are used throughout to create a covetable hardback.

Details
Dimensions
153 x 210 mm
No. pages
320
Special finishes
Wibalin Hardback Case/Satin Varnish/Spot Gloss UV
Credits
Internal Design
Hazel Lam
Illustration
Martina Heiduczek
Typesetting
Graeme Jones
Printing
McPherson's Printing Group
Author
Katrina Nannestad