Tag: book design
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Total Food 2: The story behind the cover
Total Food 2, published in January 2015, was nominated for Best Designed Educational Primary/Secondary Book at the 63rd Australian Book Design Awards, and we are proud to announce the book won its category. Cover Designer Kim Ferguson Internal Designers Kim Ferguson, Aisling Gallagher & Sue Dani Now Kim Ferguson, the cover designer, talks us through the cover Total…
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Consumer Behaviour in Action: The story behind the cover
Consumer Behaviour in Action, published in January 2015, was nominated for Best Designed Educational Tertiary Book at the 63rd Australian Book Design Awards, and we are proud to announce the book won its category. Now Regine Abos, the designer, talks us through the cover and internal design process of Consumer Behaviour in Action: What was the brief you…
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The story behind the cover: Furphies and Whizz-bangs
One hundred years on, the slang of soldiers of the First World War continues to fascinate. In Furphies and Whizz-bangs: Anzac Slang from the Great War Dr Amanda Laugesen draws on primary source material taken from soldiers’ letters, diaries and trench publications, along with contemporary newspapers and books, to bring the language of the Australian soldier…
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Using design to engage readers of different ages
Book design is more than just putting text and image together on a page. Many people don’t realise it, but HOW text and images are put together are just as important as the content of the text and image by itself. A reader engages with content that is presented through a combination of fonts, colour palettes,…