Progressi onofdesi gn
T he c ov er needed t o be “f r es h,wi t t yandi l l umi nat i ng bookwhi chl ook satt hebi g –andt henots obi g–ques t i ons ofl i f ei n an or i gi nal and ent er t ai ni ng way .I t needs t o hi ntatt he v er y br oad r ange oft opi c st he bookc ov er s . ” Idec i dedt ogoaheadwi t ha quot e i n t he book t hat s peak saboutt he s i mi l ar i t es ofa s umo wr es t l erand a t eacher .It houghtt hei mager y was gr eat and went aheadt oi l l us t r at ei t . I chos et o mak ei t qui t e s i mpl e,angul arand s hape bas ed t o dr aw at t ent i on t o t hebookbutnotbet oobus y f ort he audi enc et hati ti s c onf us i ng. T hec ol our st hatIus edwer e al lPant ones ol i dunc oat ed,I f oc us edonear t hyt onesand t ext ur easIf el ti ti l l us t r at edi t t he bes twi t houtbei ng t oo di s t r ac t i ng. Idr ew myownbookt i t l easI c oul dntf i ndaf ontt hatwas t hi n enough and s ui t ed t he t oneofv oi c eoft hebr i ef .
Progressi onofdesi gn T hi sbr i efwasr eal l yenj oyabl e f orme,If eelt hati tchal l enged me l ot si nt er msofdes i gn.A bookc ov erdes i gni ss omet hi ng t hatIhav enev erdonebef or ees pec i al l ywhenIhad t o wor k wi t hs o much c opy and f i gur e outhow t o pos i t i on i t .I twas qui t ea t as kf orme butIf eel t hatIexec ut edi twel l . F r om doi ngt hi sbr i efIam chal l engedt odomor ebr i ef swher e Iam as k ed t o des i gn a book c ov er .I ti sdef ni t el yadi r ec t i on t hatIwantt o expl or ei nt he f ut ur e. Iwi s hIhads pendanot herhour ors o oni tj us tdoi ng f i ni s hi ng t ouches( if or gott ogi v et hes t udet nsf eet ! ! ) .Bec aus e of my wor k l oadij us twant edt ohand i ti n and f or gott of ul l y check ov eri t .