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Severe(d): A Creepy Poetry Collection by Holly Riordan
Production Method
Offset
Design
Thought Catalog
KJ Parish, Art Direction and Design
Rachel Jablonski, Illustration
Printing
McNaughton & Gunn
I received this book in the mail last week and I have to admit that at first I missed a key element. I placed it on my desk and it wasn’t until I came back to the office the next day at 5am that I realized glow-in-the-dark ink was involved. The slightly eerie and twisted book I set aside for weekend reading caught my attention much sooner.
Client
Thought Catalog Books
Quantity Produced
1,000
Production Cost
2,897.00
Production Time
6 weeks
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
5 × 7.75 in.
Page Count
136
Paper Stock
100# Mohawk Satin Navajo Brilliant White Smooth / 60# Natural Eggshell 420 PPI
Number of Colors
4
Varnishes
Spot Glow-In-The-Dark (2 hits)
Binding
Perfect bound
Typography
Alana
Warnock Pro
Project Description
Severe(d) is a creepy poetry collection written by horror fiction writer Holly Riordan, published by Thought Catalog Books. Holly's prose are centered on love, heartbreak, and loss but with a candidly morbid twist. The overall concept was to create a beautifully eerie book design with illustrations by Rachel Jablonski combined with a cover that glows in the dark to reveal an exploded female figure on the front and enhance a smattering of scary characters on the back.Production Lesson(s)
We wanted the feel of an uncoated paper for the cover but knew it wouldn't be compatible with a glow-in-the-dark treatment. We worked with Mohawk to select the best option (an Inxwell paper, Navajo smooth) which we felt would combine well with the intended treatment while still giving us the uncoated feel. We went through a couple rounds of testing and were pleased to discover it worked!
Post Author
Bryony Gomez-Palacio
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
October 5, 2017
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