Introduction / Table of Contents

Welcome to my design scrapbook. Entries are arranged by book, with examples of various good and bad design features in each. You can browse through as normal, or use this contents page to navigate.

Athfield Architects, Julia Gatley – bindingbinding, chapter heading, colour, cover, format, half title, hierarchies, images, index, jacket, margins, measure, paper stock, part title, text, title

Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning, Jennifer Hay et al – binding, colour, cover, images, jacket, margins, paper stock

Bitterblue, Kristin Cashore – chapter heading, cover, half title page, images, part title page, title page

Briefcase, John Adams – binding, colour, cover, images, paper stock

The Craftsman, Richard Sennett – colour, cover

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, JK Rowling – images, imprint, text

The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate, Joy Cowley and Jo Davies / Joy Cowley and Sarah Davis – book shape, book size, colour, cover, format, images, text

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte (ebook) – book size, chapter heading, colour, cover, ebook, format, measure, paper stock

Newtons Sleep, Daniel O’Mahony – chapter heading, cover, half title page, headers and footers, measure, part title page, title page, text

The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary – binding, book size, headers and footers, margins, measure, paper stock, text

Paper Blossoms, Ray Marshall – book size, book shape, colour, cover, format

Pat the Zombie, Aaron Ximm and Kaveh Soofi – binding, book shape, book size, colour, cover, format, images, text

Radical Skubic Jewelry – binding, colour, cover, images, margins, measure, paper stock

Reflections of a Solitary Hamster, Astrid Desbordes - text

The Selected Works of TS Spivet, Reif Larsen – imprint, text

Spineless Classics – binding, book size, book shape, images, measure, text

There was an Old Woman, Gavin Bishop – binding, book shape, book size, colour, margins, paper stock, text

The Unforgiven Harvest and The Lead Wait, Jo Randerson – colour, cover, headers and footers, hierarchies, images, margins, part title page, text, title page

I am also doing an ongoing study of NZ YA Covers in 2011, which can be found here. I hope to continue updating this through the year as and when I have time, and perhaps do a follow-up for 2012 releases.