Problem:
I was approached by the Chemeketa Press with a simple yet not-so-simple task. They were publishing a textbook for a class about dealing with death, and they needed a book cover. This was a tricky project, as death is a sensitive topic, so I had to create a design that approached it in an appropriate way.
I was approached by the Chemeketa Press with a simple yet not-so-simple task. They were publishing a textbook for a class about dealing with death, and they needed a book cover. This was a tricky project, as death is a sensitive topic, so I had to create a design that approached it in an appropriate way.
Solution:
The preface of the book title is “The Unknown Sea,” so I turned to nautical themes. Not wanting to go overboard with it, I settled on a very low tint image of an atlas. For the type, I settled with a legible modern typeface that had some of the irregularities that one might see in old parchment documents.
The preface of the book title is “The Unknown Sea,” so I turned to nautical themes. Not wanting to go overboard with it, I settled on a very low tint image of an atlas. For the type, I settled with a legible modern typeface that had some of the irregularities that one might see in old parchment documents.
