Kris Makuch

The Smith Twins

A printed book: three dated drafts, a cover, a spine and an author biography.

Client
Stephen Knight
Role
Book design, cover, spine and interior
Discipline
Editorial and data
Year
2017

Objective

Book design is the discipline where the designer is most obliged to disappear. The reader should notice the typesetting only if it fails.

Creative response

Book design across cover, spine and interior, with the author biography.

  • Three dated drafts. 31 July, 16 August and 22 August 2017
  • A cover. Designed and issued as a PDF
  • A spine. Set separately, which means the book went to print
  • Author biography. Stephen Knight Biography final.pdf
  • Three dated drafts. 31 July, 16 August and 22 August 2017
  • A cover. Designed and issued as a PDF
  • A spine. Set separately, which means the book went to print
  • Author biography. Stephen Knight Biography final.pdf

The work

The Smith Twins · book design
The Smith Twins, book design
The Smith Twins Spine 5mm
The Smith Twins Spine 5mm
The Smith Twins
The Smith Twins