Write Back
Write Back is a charity that helps young people (aged 13 to 16) to develop the confidence and capacity to tell their own story. Each cohort is given a theme to interpret in their own way and at the end of their 10-week programme, their written work is published in book format. My role was to bring their book cover ideas to life, adding value to each publication through the application of professional design and illustration.
I love the way each brief throws up something different. My approach to this is to brainstorm and collate a mood board of ideas, research, sketches and fonts which help me make a good plan with clear direction. I then work up the finished cover either with a more graphic approach in illustrator or a photographic mixed media approach in photoshop.
‘It is amazing to see the care and attention that you put into bringing the young people’s ideas to life. We tell young people that their stories matter but so often it is when they receive their own printed book that this message truly lands. Having their writing and ideas bound up in a beautiful professionally designed book honours their voices and proves to them that their words should be taken seriously’.
Write Back founder, Sam Norwood
Write Back founder, Sam Norwood