Notes from visit to Waterstones:
- only one cover design - focusses on Adrians iconic round glasses
- Typeface is like a typewriter, links to Adrians aspirations to be a writer.
- The very minimal design focusses on the writing - like the focus on the diary format of the book
- glasses drawn in hand style.
- Simplistic readable spine
- the book was found in the young teen fiction no child book section
- children book section is colourful and eye catching
- complimentary primary, secondary, and tertiary colours.
- handwritten typeface - friendly, playful and fun, adds character
- illustration design a still shot from the film, or encapsulates the plot.
- Most all illustrated by hand drawn style.
Top Left
- blue, link to the gender of the main character/narrator
- hand drawn - playful and fun relating to Adrian characteristics and then way he wrote.
- Handwritten style - links to the diary style in which the book is written
Middle
- image of false teeth linking to the old man Adrian befriends in narrative
- Handwritten again to link to the diary - adds a personal touch
- "almost definitely 5 million copies sold" - comical way of promoting book in the way in which Adiram talks.
Top Right
- Movie/Film edition
- Image of Adrian casted from the film
- Lined paper design and handwriting - linking to the diary format to the way its written and Adrian's aspiration to be an intellectual writer.
All of the books share handwritten typefaces and links to the way in which the books written in a diary format and links to how Adrian is an aspiring writer. The overall look is formal and playful and inviting to younger readers.
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