Allen & Unwin
Award for Best Commercial Book for Adults 2025
Finalist
Designer: Kate Barraclough, Kate Frances Design, with illustrations by Rebekah Ballagh
Title: 101 Ways to Find Calm: How to Use Your Body to Soothe Your Mind
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
Format: 180 x 150mm, 240pp, paperback with flaps. Printed on woodfree stock to align with the muted tones and softness of the illustrations and design.
Typography: Baskerville, Quotes and Texts, Dreaming Outloud, Untitled San
Publisher’s Brief
“We wanted the design to work seamlessly with Rebekah’s illustrations and to make the content accessible and easy to follow for the reader.
The illustrations are gentle, playful and accessible, bringing a sense of lightness to work that can sometimes feel deep, intense or serious. Diversity and inclusion were central to the artwork. The colour palette of soft, neutral tones was chosen intentionally to create a settling, regulating effect on the nervous system, aligning with the core purpose of the book: to bring calm.
Together, the illustrations and colour palette form a sensory experience that mirrors the nervous system journey in the book: from dysregulation to calm, from survival mode to softness and safety.”
