
Student Design | Book Design
Project Role | Student, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Skills | InDesign, Photoshop, Typography
Objective | Design a new cover, table of contents, and chapter openings for the book Texts on Type by Stephen Miller & Phillip B. Meggs.
Concept | Develop imagery based on the specifics of typography + provide a highly interpretive experience.
THE WORK
Original cover.
Redesigned cover.
The black graphic elements are based on the actual shape of the text.
Letters can be considered symbols of vocal sounds- an idea that resonates throughout the book.
This treatment is applied to each chapter, creating a ‘logo’ to represent the chapter.
Redesigned table of contents.
Chapter opener spreads.
Process.
Cover sketches.
Content sketch.
Visual system, early iteration.