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Examples of the work

A selection from the books I have produced for publishers, grouped by the kind of work.

01

Cover design

Design, artwork, typography and make-up of the cover, from the brief to press-ready material.

  • Cover of Economics: A Southern African Perspective
    Economics: A Southern African Perspective
  • Cover of the Encyclopaedia of Science & Technology
    Encyclopaedia of Science & Technology
  • Cover of Focus on Supervision in General Management
    Focus on Supervision in General Management
  • Cover of Western Cape Provincial Transport Policy
    Western Cape Provincial Transport Policy
  • Cover of the South African Avocado Growers’ Association Yearbook
    South African Avocado Growers’ Association Yearbook

02

Book design

Design that suits the material and the readership: readable, consistent and typographically sound.

  • Country profile of Brazil, left-hand pageCountry profile of Brazil, right-hand page
    Country profile: Brazil
  • Illustrated engineering history, left-hand pageIllustrated engineering history, right-hand page
    Illustrated engineering history
  • Logistics management textbook, left-hand pageLogistics management textbook, right-hand page
    Logistics management textbook
  • Management textbook, left-hand pageManagement textbook, right-hand page
    Management textbook

03

Specialised typesetting

High-end work for the academic and professional markets.

  • Accounting textbook, left-hand pageAccounting textbook, right-hand page
    Accounting
  • Page from an organic chemistry textbook
    Organic chemistry
  • Heavily footnoted law book, left-hand pageHeavily footnoted law book, right-hand page
    Law, with footnotes
  • Mathematics textbook, left-hand pageMathematics textbook, right-hand page
    Mathematics

04

Tables

Rules, shading and colour used so that the content is clear at a glance.

  • Consolidated cash flow statement set as a table
    Cash flow statement
  • Classification tables
    Classification tables
  • Financial statements set as tables
    Financial statements

05

Indexing

An index, a bibliography, a table of references and a table of cases.

  • Opening page of a book index
    Index
  • Opening page of a bibliography
    Bibliography
  • Table of references to the Income Tax Act
    Table of references
  • Opening page of a table of cases
    Table of cases

06

Editing

Two edited pages with the changes marked, and the reference shelf.

  • Edited page with the changes marked in colour
    Marked-up page
  • A second edited page with the changes marked in colour
    Marked-up page
  • A shelf of dictionaries, style manuals and other reference books
    Reference books

07

Translation

The same page in Afrikaans and in English.

  • Page of assessment standards in Afrikaans
    Assessment standards, in Afrikaans
  • The same page of assessment standards in English
    Assessment standards, in English

08

Diagrams

Diagrams, graphs and maps drawn from authors’ briefs.

  • Conservation map
    Conservation map
  • Diagram of the hexaxial system
    The hexaxial system
  • Map of regions, districts and wards
    Regions, districts and wards
  • Route map of Durbanville, Philadelphia and Darling
    Route map
  • Network diagram
    Network diagram

09

Illustration

From children’s books to medical illustration.

  • Botanical watercolour
    Botanical watercolour
  • Cartoon of a crowded kitchen
    Kitchen cartoon
  • Line drawing of a rib cage
    Rib cage
  • Labelled model of the structure of the HI virus
    Structure of the HI virus

10

Photography

Photographs taken to the client’s brief.

  • Fish on a grid over coalsfood
  • Yellow flower in grassplants
  • Palm tree and stone buildings on a green hillsideplaces
  • Caterpillar on a leafcritters
  • Food tin with a printed labelobjects

11

Digital media

Print work adapted for digital media.

  • Case cover of Botanical Watercolours
    Botanical Watercolours
  • Disc label of Dismissal: Principles, Checklists & Forms
    Dismissal: Principles, Checklists & Forms
  • Case cover of Financial Management, Fourth Edition
    Financial Management, Fourth Edition
  • Case cover of Die Goddelike Komedie: Purgatorium
    Die Goddelike Komedie: Purgatorium

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