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Synopses:
A)        Title:               Flames of Enduring Spirit.
            Author:           Martin MacKay
            Genre:           Non-Fiction/True Story/Historical.

In the 1980’s the rural township of Kerakino was a thriving artistic community with a stable working environment and the perfect place to raise a family away from the big smoke, the hustle and bustle and the horrors of the city.
But in the early 90’s the railway which was the life bringing necessity of the township was re-routed and the industrial sector that provided so many with a stable income collapsed into ruin.

As the township began to decay around them a small group of long standing inhabitants of the town began to devise plans for rebuilding the township and finding new ways to keep the life of their beloved home town going.

Flames of Enduring Spirit is the story of that small group of inhabitants that fought to keep their town alive. A story that has brought hope to many other small towns beginning to struggle much in the same way was Kerakino did. It is a story that tells of the undying power of the human spirit, how even in the darkest of times people can stand together with hope in their hearts and rise above that which has brought them down.

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B)        Title:               Facing up to responsibility.
            Author:           David Smith.
            Genre:           Thriller/Action/Crime.

Slater Voss is a man in constant conflict with himself. He runs from a past he can’t escape to and a future he can’t embrace. He lives his life one day at a time, always under the radar, always fearing he will be found by the ‘Ghosts’ of his past.

One day he was living the ‘high’ life and serving the ‘Family’ (The Mafia) to the best of his abilities. Now he walks the streets at night trying to get from one day to the next.

He was doing all right until he got word about his wife and daughter.
The ‘Family’ managed to track them down and have taken them hostage.

Now Slater must face the ‘Ghosts’ of his past and set his ‘wrongs’ to ‘rights’ if he wants to see his wife and daughter ‘alive’.

Can one man find the courage to face not only himself but also his former friends to set everything right?

“A chilling tale from the master of all thrills, David Smith writes his greatest masterpiece to date”. - The Tabitha Times.

“A read you will struggle to put down.”-  Pegasus Press.

“A serious contender for the best book of the year.”- Triple Hitter Magazine.

BOOK COVER –DESIGN BRIEF
Read the synopses and design a book cover from one of them. Research your local book stores and libraries to research covers of books in the same genre as your chosen title.

Remember: People do judge books by their covers. It is important that your design gives a clear indication of the genre. For example people of fantasy should be able to know exactly which books are their favourite genres just by looking at the cover.

The design you develop must be attractive and eye-catching. Take note of the enormous number of books in every bookstore and consider how your design will stand out amongst them all.

The design needs to incorporate the book title, name of the author as well as background illustrations/designs. The design can be  in any medium described above including photography and computer graphics.

BOOK COVER SPECIFICATIONS

Book size:
Cover Size, (page size,) 200mm x 215 mm, including a 5 mm bleed.

Independent Design: Students who wish to design from a client-supplied brief in this section are encouraged to do so. Sustainability, design excellence and innovative ideas will be a key component in the judges’ decisions.

DESIGN BRIEF:  DESIGN YDA 2011
Your task is to design a brand image and associated communication material for the National Young Designer Awards 2010

The target market is primarily students aged 11 – 18, and the mission statement for this project is to promote, assist, and encourage the talents of secondary school pupils in all fields of design leading to participation in YDA’s competition and awards ceremony for design students attending secondary schools within New Zealand.

The client requires the following:

• Logo
• Letterhead
• Business Cards
• Email signature
• Promotional pdf for email distribution
• Website skin - 1 page only
• Facebook page
• Bebo page
• Twitter page

The goal is to have a look that attracts students to the brand and encourages them to promote the community to others in the design world and that it YOUNG, CREATIVE and SIMPLE

The YDA Board will consider featuring the winning design as the new image for YDA 2011