Adult Non-Fiction Cover Award 2020 - A live brief set by Penguin

In Bill Bryson's quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilisation - A Short History of Nearly Everything, is a journey through time and space. It is the biggest-selling popular science book of the twenty-first century, and reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before. The brief was to create a cover design that is smart but accessible, as this is a science book with popular appeal.The cover should feel timeless, confident and appeal to a whole new generation of readers