WICKED: The GRIMMERIE
and Wicked: A Pop-Up Compendium of Splendiferous Delight and Thrillifiying Intrigue
Patient
- Hyperion
- Melcher Media
Treatment
- Design
- Illustration
Diagnosis
Wicked: The Grimmerie—the ultimate keepsake for fans of the Broadway sensation—is designed to look like the ancient spell book of the main character, Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West). To capture the whimsical yet somewhat dark tone of the play, we juxtaposed fanciful Ozian illustrations with alchemic design elements, and painstakingly aged each page of the book.
• 9 x 12 • embossed and padded cover • spine with hubs and green foil stamping • 192 pages, 4-color hardcover book
Photography by Joan Marcus and Henry Leutwyler
Accolades
- AIGA’s 50 Books / 50 Covers 2005
- Communication Arts Design Annual 47, 2006
Art from the original Oz book series was appropriated (with permission) in the layouts and layered on the stage photos to add to the storybook feel of the libretto, as well as illustrate parts of the story for which we didn’t have photography.
