The Mirror Steamed Over — Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2021 FINALIST

Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2021

Finalist

Designer: Kalee Jackson
Title: The Mirror Steamed Over: Love and Pop in London, 1962
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Format: 234 x 156mm, 312pp, paperback with flaps. Text on 115gsm Yulong Pure 1.3 creamy paper; image insert section on 157gsm matt art. Cover: 300gsm art card with flaps, 4c + matt lamination + shiny blonde gold foil lettering on front and spine.

Typography: Text: Granjon & Futura; Cover: Futura

Judges’ comments A pop hit of gold foil Futura over a black-and-white cover photo of David Hockney and one Barrie Bates (aka Billy Apple) is continued in monochrome section dividers throughout, with judiciously selected shots charting 1950s and ’60s London and New York. Futura-set titles and epigraphs open those sections to maintain an emphatic pace throughout the book.

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