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Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilje
Published: February 2023 | Simon & Schuster |
ISBN: 9781982197360
Slanting Towards the Sea is quiet and emotionally precise, and I wanted the design to feel the same way.
The watercolor illustrations carry most of the atmosphere, so I kept the typography clean and restrained, letting the art breathe across the part openers and spreads. The layout stays out of the way of the writing, which does its own heavy lifting.
The goal was a design that felt unhurried and a little melancholy, the same way the book does. Nothing overworked, nothing competing with the text.