Book Design | Text On Type

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.