Best Books of 2018
In 2018, I had a fun idea: why not create a physical book for the annual Best Books project? This process involved commissioning not only an illustrator for the art, but also a paper engineer to turn the illustrations into a book. I also designed the online piece for the year's 10 best books, which can be seen at wapo.st/bestbooks2018.
Credits: Art direction and design by Clare Ramirez; illustrations by Neiko Ng; paper engineering by Simon Arizpe; video by Allie Caren and Jayne Orenstein; hand modeling by Joanne Lee.
Artist Neiko Ng created these illustrations to show a few genres of books, such as romance, mystery and science fiction.
Paper engineer Simon Arizpe took those illustrations and turned them into a simple and cute pop-up book.
I also designed the print pages that ran in the Arts & Style section.
Behind the Scenes
Here are a few photos of the book itself, the shoot when we filmed the video topper for the online piece, and the proofs for the print pages.
