Final book covers

Andrea Moynihan s2934028 Introduction to Typography Assignment 3 Book Covers

Original Book Covers

The series of books I have chosen are written by Gayle Forman an international best selling author. They are called ‘Just One Year’, ‘Just One Day’ and ‘Just One Night’. They are aimed at teenage girls, and share the themes of romance, love, happiness and travelling around Europe.

I wanted to create friendly, fun book cover designs that reflect aspects of love and happinesss to convey the books themes. While still being able to attract the young female audience. I chose to make the books look like a set of three, by using the same colour scheme, font styles and calender theme in the background. The typography used to convey the title of the book is the main feature of each cover. The next feature would be the background and then the authors name. All three books look like they belong together when you look at them side by side. This is because the positioning of the titles and names are in similar positions which makes all three layouts flow well, along with the colour scheme.

The Colour Scheme I have chosen to attract the target audience is pale pink and white. The pink represents young girls and provokes the thought of romance and love, whereas the white makes it fresh, light and innocent. Combining these two colours creates a sense of prettiness and happiness, attracting the target audience.

Each book is set over a certain time period, and to show the time frame I have based it around a calender. On the first book it is called “Just one Year” so I chose to put a year calender in the background. The second book is called “Just one Day” so I chose a romantic date from the calender ‘Valentines day’ 14th of February and made it look as though the front cover has been written in that particular day on the caldender. The third book is called “Just one Night” and I chose to represent the night time through a dessert date setting.

I have chosen a plain and a cursive font for the covers to create a simple and feminine look. The spines of the book are all the same with the name of the author written in a cursive white font and the title of the book in a simple black font.

On the front inside flap of the books I have put the Authors information and how to contact her as well where the books were made and who designed them. On the back inside flap I have put some quotes and reviews that have been published about the book. As people who don’t know much about the book could read these to see people’s opinions on the book. All the back covers contain the books blurb.

Rationale

WEBSTIE: GayleForman.com TWITTER: @GayleForman TUMBLR: gayleforman.tumblr.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/ GayleFormanAuthor Printed in Australia

When he opens his eyes, Willem doesn’t know where in the world he is — Prague or Dubrovnik or back in Amsterdam. All he knows is that he is once again alone, and that he needs to find a girl named Lulu. They shared one magical day in Paris, and something about that day — that girl — makes Willem wonder if they aren’t fated to be together. He travels all oer the world, from Mexico to India, hoping to reconnect with her. But as months go by and Lulu remains elusic, Willem starts to question whether the hand of fate is as strong as he’d thought...

The romantic, emotional companion to Just ONe Day, this is a story of the choices we make and the accidents that happen — and the happiness we can find when the two intersect.

JUST ONE YEAR

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Gayle Forman

GAYLE FORMAN is an award-winning, internationally bestselling author and journalist whose articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Seventeen, Elle, and The Nation. She is the author of Just One Day and the New York Times bestsellers If I Stay and Where She Went. She lives in te Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughters.

Designed by: Andrea Moynihan

The first in a sweepingly romantic duet of novels. Willem’s story—Just One Year—is coming soon!

“Offering MYSTERY, DRAMA, and an evocative portrait of unrequited love, this openended novel will leave fans eagerly anticipating the companion story.” — Plublishers Weekly, starred review

Gayle Forman INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR

BOOK COVER 1 TECHNIQUE-SEWING

The technique I have chosen for this book cover is sewing. I chose sewing as it is a feminine hobby which would represent the girl population. I have chosen to use pink wool to tie in with the colour schemes of the books. I first designed my font which is bold with curves with some cut outs, which I thought would be a beautiful style. I then used cardboard and cut the words out. I then started sewing into the letters. I still wanted you to be able to see the details of each letter behind the wool, while the main focus still being the words created by the wool. I wanted to make sure you could still see the year calender in the background helping to portray the time frame the book is set in. On the back of the cover I chose to make it pink to attract the girls, I then made the wool into a love heart shape representing the romantic side of the book.

Rationale

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WEBSTIE: GayleForman.com TWITTER: @GayleForman TUMBLR: gayleforman.tumblr.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/ GayleFormanAuthor Printed in Australia Designed by: Andrea Moynihan

A book about love, heartbreak, travel, identity, and the “accidents” of fate, Just One Day shows us how sometimes in order to get found, you first have to get lost. . . and how often the people we are seeking are much closer than we know.

“Offering MYSTERY, DRAMA, and an evocative portrait of unrequited love, this openended novel will leave fans eagerly anticipating the companion story.” — Plublishers Weekly, starred review “Like a teen version of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love, this tale of ROMANCE and mstery engages readers nd will cause them to examine their definitions of love and self-identity.” — SLJ, starred review

JUST ONE DAY

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Allyson Healey’s life is exactly like her suitcase—packed, planned, ordered.

Then on the last day of her three-week post-graduation European tour, she meets Willem. A free-spirited, roving actor, Willem is everything she’s not, and when he invites her to abandon her plans and come to Paris with him, Allyson says yes. This uncharacteristic decision leads to a day of risk and romance, liberation and intimacy: 24 hours that will transform Allyson’s life.

Gayle Forman

GAYLE FORMAN is an award-winning, internationally bestselling author and journalist whose articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Seventeen, Elle, and The Nation. She is the author of Just One Day and the New York Times bestsellers If I Stay and Where She Went. She lives in te Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughters.

FEBRUARY

“Readers were enthralled witForman’s If I stay books, and now she’s captivated them again as they FALL IN LOVE with her characters in Just One Day.” — NPR’s The Roundtable

Gayle Forman INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR

BOOK COVER 2 TECHNIQUE-CUT PAPER LAYERED

For this book I chose to use a paper cut out and layering technique. To make it more interesting I wanted to cut around the letters to reveal a heart shape. This represents the love and romance throughout the book. Hidden behind the heart I wanted a map of Europe to show through to display where the novel is set. I have kept the font in the same style. The rest of the cover is just plane white with a pink boarder to make it look like a square, representing a day on a calender. The backcover has a big map of europe with a peice of paper with writting on it, as I wanted it to look like a love letter written between the couple in the book.

Rationale

WEBSTIE: GayleForman.com TWITTER: @GayleForman TUMBLR: gayleforman.tumblr.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/ GayleFormanAuthor Printed in Australia Designed by: Andrea Moynihan

JUST ONE NIGHT

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After spending one life-changing day in Paris with laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter, sheltered American good girl Allyson “Lulu” Healey discovered her new lover had disappeared without a trace. Just One Day followed Allyson’s quest to reunite with Willem; Just One Year chronicled the pair’s year apart from Willem’s perspective. Now, back together at last, this delectable e-novella reveals the couple’s final chapter

Gayle Forman

GAYLE FORMAN is an award-winning, internationally bestselling author and journalist whose articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Seventeen, Elle, and The Nation. She is the author of Just One Day and the New York Times bestsellers If I Stay and Where She Went. She lives in te Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughters.

“Readers were enthralled witForman’s If I stay books, and now she’s captivated them again as they FALL IN LOVE with her characters” — NPR’s The Roundtable.

“Offering MYSTERY, DRAMA, and an evocative portrait of unrequited love, this open-ended novel will leave fans eagerly anticipating the companion story.” — Plublishers Weekly, starred review

Gayle Forman INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR

BOOK COVER 3 TECHNIQUE-FOOD TYPOGRAPHY (CHOCOLATE)

To show that this book is set over one night I chose to set the cover up as if the couple in the book are on a dinner date. I wanted to show the dessert part of the date as that is the most romantic part. I found a nice white dinner plate and bought a variety of chocolates and cut them up or quirted them onto the plate in the form on the words I needed to create. I also chose to use a love heart shape chocolate to represent the ‘O’ in the one and the ‘I’ in the Night which I thought was a clever placement. This love heart chocolate helps to portray the romantic side of the novel and what girl doesn’t love chocolate.

Hopefully this would attract the young female girls to pick this book up off the shelves. On the back cover I wanted to represent the end of the night and the end of the series. I chose to do this by showing an empty dessert plate with just a little bit of chocolate smudged across the plate and they empty love heart chocolate wrapper.

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