Ines BabićGraphic Designer

Book design and illustration · 2021

Sretni princ

Illustration and layout for a Croatian edition of Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince.

Mockup of the book Sretni princ lying open, showing a blue swallow across the cover

The brief

Design a complete edition of Wilde’s short story: cover, typesetting and illustrations.

The approach

Two colours carry the story: the swallow’s blue and the prince’s gold leaf, which flakes away across the pages as the tale unfolds. Illustrations bleed into the text block rather than sitting in frames, so the type and image share one page.

The outcome

A finished book, from cover to colophon, ready for print.