Laurence King Publishing
A fun-packed children’s book on space rockets, centred around paper modelling.
Written by Isabel Thomas, the book is split into 3 sub-booklets: The first being a beautifully illustrated visual history of rocketry. The second and third are a set of colourful rocket templates and instructions on assembly.
Space Racers was a deceptively challenging project, where children’s book aesthetics concealed some complex design problems. None more so than the rocket building instructions, which had to be simple enough for children, yet sufficiently intricate to convey some challenging crafting techniques.
The golden age of space exploration is reflected in the book’s retro style, which can be found in the smallest detail – on cut-away diagrams – and in the bold blocks of colour adorning the rocket models.