Selected archive · Publication design · 2014

Mrs Ann Munro Carley’s Cookbook

A personal recipe collection transformed into a numbered edition of eighty — one copy for every year celebrated.

Role: Editorial design · Art direction · Typography

Cookbook cover, patterned slipcase and recipe title page arranged in warm neutral tones

01 · Context

Mark Ann Munro Carley’s 80th birthday with an object that could carry her recipes — and the personality around them — into the future.

02 · Response

The collection was edited into a warm, quietly theatrical book. Restrained typography, found illustration and a tactile neutral palette let the recipes feel both useful and treasured.

03 · Why it matters

An intimate family archive became a beautifully resolved edition of eighty: production, meaning and occasion expressed as one idea.

Foreword and chapter-opening spreads from the cookbook — 01A restrained palette gives the stories room to breathe

Devilled eggs and breakfast recipe spreads with vintage illustrations — 02Illustration turns instruction into character

Recipe spreads combining a dress illustration, expressive type and a sour cream coffee cake recipe — 03Contrast creates pace across the collection

Chicken asparagus casserole spread with a bold typographic interlude — 04Family voice becomes part of the visual system

Three chicken recipes set across a coordinated editorial spread — 05A coherent grid holds every recipe together

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