Past Project: Farmers Market Ads

This project was from my Photoshop class a couple of semesters ago. The objective was to create two ads for the Minneapolis Farmer's Market that would be posted on the side of the city bus and at the bus stop.

Judge a Book by its Cover

 All images from Penguin Books

I started thinking more about the book jacket asignment. Reading the forward to Pemguin 75..., it made me think of what the book cover actually is. Chris Ware put it rather well:

"Concomitantly, the book cover has evolved from a simple protective wrapper into something of a contemporary striptease between author and reader, both as a means of drawing attention to and selling the book, or amplifying and even extending the book itself into the reader's mind and fingertips."

How much do we rely on a book's cover when we are deciding to buy? I would say it depends and yes I know that's so vague. If this is an established class - say Pride and Prejudice - then cover art is less important in terms of selling. If this is a new work, then I would agree that a really cover cover design can be so enticing and pull the buyer right in.

Project: Farmer's Market

So this is what I have so far: thoughts?

Designer: Coralie Bickford-Smith

All images from www.cb-smith.com

Design Firm: The MVA

The company I work for is in the smelling business. It's kind of hard to explain so I will let you check it out for yourselves: http://www.fivesenses.com/.  Anyway, for a number of years we have been lucky enough to provide the nasty and distinctive smells for the Soap Factory's - an art gallery in Minneapolis - haunted basement. While there I noticed and picked up their very awesome looking show flyer. 

So yes, my post is now getting to the point.

From The MVA

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Project: Book Jacket Design

The Project:

Design a series of three related (genre, style) dust jackets. We have an option of varying hardcover novel sizes.

I'm very excited for this project. I've always been drawn to book jackets, namely vintage ones.

From Design Related

From Found in Mom's Basement

I was at a used bookstore yesterday and fate was smiling at me because I found a used copy of Penguin 75 Designers, Authors, Commentary (the good, the bad...). Paging through it I think I may have found a calling.