the gas project

Brett McGregor was New Zealand’s first Masterchef. This is his first book and we were chuffed to be invited by Random House to put it together. Photos by Aaron McLean and Brett’s own holiday pics.

David Hartnell tells all in his new autobiography by Penguin. We tried to bring some old Hollywood glamour to the traditional bio format.

Three cooks, one Hollywood reporter and a lot of coffee later… some recently published work designed by Gas.

Here’s a project designed last year for Random House. The first idea (left) with the final cover on the right. A big thanks to Sorelle for helping with the last couple of design hurdles and a handy bit of Photoshop.

A selection of books currently on the Gas reading list. And a couple of bike mags too.

Maybe it’s because I was born in the South, but last year Random House asked me to design a book of recipes for Speights Brewery. Or maybe its because I’d work for beer. Thanks to Random for the brief, Aaron McLean for the great shots, and Maz for laying it all out while I was cycling around Europe. While I was doing that, someone else was designing a book about Pinot Noir. Now that would have been trouble.

A cover recently completed for Random House. Bert Sutcliffe was a cricketing legend.

A great client, an understanding publisher and an extremely talented photographer meant this book was always going to be fun to work on. Winner Peoples Choice and Illustrated categories in the 2010 NZ Book Awards.