Illustrated book design for children's picture books and adult lifestye and non-fiction
by Martin Stewart
Illustrated by David Habben
Bloomsbury / Head of Zeus
Paperback, 304pp.
Cover design David Habben
Page design Heather Ryerson
Editor Lauren Atherton
# typesetting # page design
by Steve Smallman / Little Tiger
illustrated by Miguel Ordóñez
Hardback, 32pp.
Published in the US March 1, 2022.
This ridiculous, whacky, rhyming text is paired with deadpan illustrations. The frenetic hand-drawn energy of the mischief-making eyebrows creates a fun contrast with the ultra clean and cool characters.
Read by Steve Carrell on CBeebies →
Designer Heather Ryerson
Art director Rebecca Essilifie
Editor Ellie Farmer
Shortlisted for the ABCD Awards 2023
# Illustration commissioning, cover design, layout, artworking, design, and typesetting.
by Suzy Senior / Little Tiger
illustrated by Claire Powell
Hardback, 32pp.
Octopants The Missing Pirate Pants is the silly and sweet follow-up to the Book Trust’s Bookstart Treasure book Octopants. Now that Octopants has found his unique style, he is on a mission to help Pufferfish find his favourite pirate underpants — that have gone mysteriously missing. Another great twist ending!
Working with illustrator Claire Powell from initial thumbnails to completed colour artwork was a dream.
Enjoy Gaz Coombes reading this book on BBC CBeebies Bedtimes Strories →
AD: Rebecca Essilifie
Design: Heather Ryerson
# Layout, artworking, and typesetting.
Speculative Book Cover
A contemporary portrait of the American farmer, environmental activist and essayist Wendell Berry for a speculative cover of The World-Ending Fire, the essential collection of his most-read work.
#bookcoverdesign #bookcover #illustration #portrait #biography #nonfiction #essaycollection
Speculative Book Cover
Inspired by a visit to the famed scientist’s home laboratory — his greenhouse in Downe, England — I created this portrait and book cover to explore the story behind Charles Darwin’s humble home tinkering and how it continues to influence our understanding of the natural world today.
#bookcover #bookcoverdesign #illustration #portrait #biography #greatthinkers
by Shari Low / Head of Zeus
Paperback, 360pp.
Shari Low wipes away the glossy veneer of the perfect mother in her weekly newspaper column, collected here. Cover re-design for the paperback release of the hardcover.
Unused cover designs by Heather Ryerson.
# Cover design, cover illustration, hand-drawn lettering.
by Ben Crane / Head of Zeus
Paperback, 320pp.
A memoir about how one father with Aspberger’s syndrome used falconry to connect with his son after struggling to connect.
Art direction: Jessie Price & Matt Bray
# Cover illustration, hand-drawn lettering.
by Isabel Lloyd & Phil Clarke / Head of Zeus
illustrated by Christian Wood
Paperback, 240pp.
A gardening book for millennials, told through the witty device of the zombie apocalypse. This non-fiction lifestyle book makes good use of two-colour printing and is highly illustrated with diagrams, asides, quotes, footnotes, lists, and tables.
Each chapter starts with a humourous opener, stepping readers through each stage of the apocalypse. Chapters contain thorough gardening information with cheeky asides. Following each chapter is a how-to section detailing a step-by-step activity.
The illustrator has provided seven double page spreads, from which all internal spot illustrations have been created.
Published October 2019
# Cover design, typesetting, internal design, project management
by Anna Hedworth / Head of Zeus
Hardback, 320pp.
Cook House is the recipe book of rising star Anna Hedworth, founder of award-winning restaurant Cook House in Newcastle. To reflect the restaurant’s simple back-to-the-earth mantra, the book was laid out with absolute minimalist design, allowing the photography and recipes to do the talking. The cover speaks to the author’s journey — emotional, existential, and entrepreneurial — as she completed her passion project in two shipping containers.
AD & page design Jessie Price
Cover design & typesetting Heather Ryerson
# Layout, typesetting, cover design.
by Tania Unsworth / Head of Zeus (Zephyr)
Hardback, 256pp.
Published 01 October 2020
Accompanied by evocative internal illustrations by Laura Brett, this magical story whisks readers off to 1940s India, where Elsie must prevent her Great Uncle John from making a decision he’ll forever regret. Can she save her uncle and the tiger?
Cover Helen Crawford-White
Internal Illustrations Laura Brett
Typesetting Ben Prior & Heather Ryerson
# Typesetting, layout
