I was delighted to have Road to Juneau come through my inbox. Liam's book is a science fiction novel set in a future version of New York. He described it as being the "anti Ayn Rand" and wanted to take some inspiration from both Brutalist aesthetics and Art Deco.
I’ve always said that the most effective book designs involve some level of surprise. This might be something hidden within the image on the cover, some quirky juxtaposition of imagery, or to do with the production techniques. One of my favourite ways that designers provide surprise is through creative endpapers, where the viewer opens the book and finds something entirely unexpected and delightful inside the front page.
Holly Dunn is a book cover designer and book YouTuber residing in London. Her work includes a cover for Katherine Mansfeild's The Garden Party: And Other Stories, which originally began as a personal project and was later licensed by HarperCollins. Here she details how the project developed, in her own words.
