OUGD603 - Penguin Design Awards - The Brief

The penguin random house book design awards have been announced and they seem really interesting this year. I am thinking about doing the children's book, but I am not sure about the other two.

Children's:

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend

'Saturday January 25th

10 a.m. I am ill with all the worry, too weak to write much. Nobody has noticed I haven’t eaten any breakfast.

2 p.m. . . . Perhaps when I’m famous and my diary is discovered people will understand the torment of being a 13¾-year-old undiscovered intellectual.'

Adrian Mole’s painfully honest diary is a hilarious spots-and-all glimpse into the troubled life of a teenager. First published in 1982, it quickly became a best-seller and has since been adapted for radio, television and theatre.

I feel like the fiction and non-fiction books will be particularly difficult because of how popular they both are. They have each had lots of re-designs so creating one that will be unique will be a challenge. With the children's book, I feel like I can explore my illustrative practice to create something playful and fun. I am not sure about the other two as they are far more serious.