Imagine

Imagine

Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2005

Description

Norman Messenger began his career as an advertising art director in London before turning to freelance illustration. He is a highly regarded illustrator and was a founding member of the Association of Illustrators. Norman has had a long-standing love of visual puzzles, optical illusions, changing picture mechanisms and fantastic imagery, and Imagine is book that he has long wanted to make—a portfolio of his favorite visual tricks executed with exquisite care and craftsmanship.

Juror Notes

A bellyband with a mission. We had fun despite ourselves, repositioning this imaginative design.

Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2005
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book cover

Credits

Design firm
Candlewick Press
Art director/designer
Ben Norland
Jacket designer
Ben Norland
Illustrator
Norman Messenger
Production coordinator
Avril Litchmore
Production artist
Avril Litchmore
Author
Norman Messenger
Editor
Denise Johnstone-Burt
Trim size
9.06 x 11.81 inches
Pages
32, self ends
Quantity printed
74,800
Typefaces
Monotype Columbus, Messe
Printer/binder
SNP Excel (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Jacket printer
SNP Excel (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Papers
195 gsm Printkote artboard printed four colors plus matt aqueous varnish throughout, 130 gsm art paper plus matt lamination
Binding method
Interiors center sewn in two sections, butterfly binding, flaps/wheels assembled, square backed and fully cased, PLC over 3 mm
Publishers/clients
Walker Books, Candlewick Press
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