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The Women of Letters Series
  • Shortlisted

Designed by
Laura Thomas
Category
Best Designed Series (including Classics)
Year
2017
Publisher
Viking an imprint of Penguin Random House 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

The Women of Letters series are collections of letters from the events of the same name. They celebrate the lost art of letter writing and invite special guests to read aloud letters on a theme while raising funds for Edgar’s Mission. The covers always feature the iconic WoL logo (silhouetted woman by Tara Nielsen) and are a pleasure to work on. They all use simple, sweet illustrations related to letter writing, and soft, friendly colour palettes to showcase the list of names of contributors and to create appealing packages suitable for gift-giving. The illustrations are echoed throughout the text setting.

Details
Dimensions
153 x 216mm
No. pages
300
Special finishes
Airmail: Matt Lamination, emboss From the Heart: printed on reverse board Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Matte lamination
Credits
Internal Design
Laura Thomas
Illustration
Laura Thomas and Tara Neilsen
Typesetting
Samantha Kayaweera
Printing
Griffin Press
Author
Michaela McGuire and Marieke Hardy