PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
DESIGN AWARD
2016
These book covers were my entries for the Penguin Random House Design Award 2016,
on two categories: Adult Fiction Cover (A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess)
and Children’s Cover Award (Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner).
on two categories: Adult Fiction Cover (A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess)
and Children’s Cover Award (Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner).
Considering it's a children book, I had decided to explore some interactiveness through paper cuts,
as to represent searching for/watching a suspect.
as to represent searching for/watching a suspect.
My idea was built upon the ultra-violence concept of the book, Alex's (the main character) passion for music and the government's attempt to reform Alex. This was all represented on a broken vynil record.
The lettering on the cover was mainly inspired on psychedelic typography, as a reference to the time when the book was written and also to represent the experimental method of behavior modification Alex went through.
