triple j Annual, 2014

triple j’s annual magazine is a celebration of the year’s best bits in music and all things triple j – wrapped up in to a bold, fun, beautiful, irreverent package of 124 pages. Filled with things throughout the year that mattered most to triple j listeners, the Annual contains features penned by much-loved station presenters, coverage on the year's hottest names in music, comedy-gold, jaw-dropping photography and art that makes for a coffee-table must-have. The magazine's cover, a collaboration between Russell Privett, Katherine Brickman and myself, is a gold-foil-celebratory-confetti affair re-living one of my favourite music moments of 2014: at Big Day Out, standing in the biggest sea of reflective, raining confetti; Arcade Fire howled Here Comes The Night Time into the sky while it turned to dusk in the background. Just magic! As a stand-alone, special edition publication, each year's Annual has a different look and feel. In this year's approach, I explored a celebratory and irreverant tone of voice: from a bright and bold colour palette, expressive hand-lettering, cheeky graphic elements splashed loosely about unapologetically, imagery placed in many differing forms and shapes, to breaking mould with the rules of typography. The 2014 triple j Annual was published through ABC Magazines, and could be purchased in newsagents, at ABC online and shops, over the summer period of 2014/15.