I spent some time a few months ago designing and editing a new book about cocktails – Urban Cocktails - written by Georgios Andritsos. The concept was to produce a book that was small and compact, modern, stylish, elegant and informative. Phew, quite a list and a small size to fit it all into. Most of the photography had already been shot by Anne Ogundipe in Norway, leaving me to source a couple of additional images and then get on and edit the text down and design the whole thing. It was a great project which I really enjoyed, and working with Georgios was wonderful.
We ended up with a compact book of great recipes, silver metallic printed cover with silver foil blocked title, great page layouts with beautiful images and all-in-all a book that’s a great object in its own right as well as a great reference for mixing drinks. It’s now selling on amazon.co.uk here…
… and I’m determined to try a few of the recipes out over Christmas and the New Year. The book design was a great challenge on this project and fun to do as it’s very different to what usually comes my way. It’s something I hope to get the chance to do again. especially as the publisher decided to go with a fully printed packing box for retailers to purchase – nothing a designer likes more than final details!
Posted by Karl : 20:11:2009



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