BCU's Exhibition

The binding in this book looks very professional when producing my book I might consider this approach. What’s inspired me in this book is the typography I like how all the type is centered and cluttered together. The colour scheme of the book is also very inspiring I like how the white and gray hits the black.

Here are two examples of poster designs. The design at the top is very similar to my typography design. I like how the central type is together and rearranged randomly.

The three images above show how BCU displayed their books for the show. That has inspired me because I was considering the same approach. The second image shows a book cover on a stand with the book displayed open. i might make a book cover for my book design and display the book like that.

Different Books Back Cover Designs

General Research on book cover designs.

Sample of Barcodes

As you can see in this book back cover it has a barcode which is used to scan the product. this can be used to find information about book author, price and the date it was published. Therefore for my book design I will collect ideas by looking at different books back cover design and apply them to my books.

This is an example of a barcode which is used in books, and on many other different products. The reason I got the above barcode becuase I would be using similar barcode to this for my books back cover. this is becuase it would helo me to undersand how to design the barcode for my book back cover.


This is another example of a barcode. Although barcoode is used for same reasons but some barcode are different from others. as you can see in this barcode. For my book back cover I would have manufacture code, prodcut code.

Final Book Design

Pages of The Book

Here are a few example of my book page. I think the outcome was very successful. The illustration fits as well as suits the text. The negative spaces make the positive space look cleaner; it also makes the illustration and the type stand out.

Towards Final (Illustration)

Here is an example of how the illustration will look. Russ Mills is the artist that's inspired me into producing something like this. The illustrations are very dark and bold this done because I was trying to emphasise the jungle look. The illustration is also very sketchy, I produced the illustration with a piece of card, i placed ink on the card and i spread that ink on the surface of the page, this gave me a very textural illustration. (Above are close up shots of the illustration)

The most important narrative behind the illustration is emotion. When the audience looks at this illustration I want the audience to feel various emotions.

I also incorporated word into the illustration; the words are from the extract from the jungle book. As you can see some of the words are bold and others are normal. I want these words to stand out when the illustration is printed, these words relate to parenting.

Template For Page

Towards Final (Working With Type)

Here is an example of how the text will look like when my book is at completed status. Adam Islam is the artist that has inspired me to produce something like this. At the very top of the page the chapter name and the number will position central below each other. The spacing between both the chapter name and chapter number will slightly differ from the spacing between the chapter name and the first paragraph. (Above are close up shots of the page)

As you can see some of the words are bold and others are small, this is done because I was trying to highlight the keywords on the page and also highlight the words that relate to parenting. However I also crossed out certain lines or words or phrases on the page these words aren’t important or not necessary.

When reading this page I want the audience immediately to know what they are reading, having bold and big words this adds to the effect.

Researching Minimalistic Book Cover Designs

This book cover is very inspirational. This book cover has no writing, there’s only a small illustration that is centered on the book. When I first looked at this book cover design I was confused. I think this is the effect of the book I think it’s supposed to be confusing for the audience. I assume the illustration is a tiger; maybe this book is about animals. I like how the illustrator used no writing for the front cover of the book; this gives a strong effect of confusedness to the audience.

This is my favorite book cover design, I like how there’s very little on the page and how powerful the illustration is. What’s unique about this book is that the imagery speaks for its self. There’s also very little writing on the page I think this book cover design doesn’t really need any writing because the illustration it that powerful it can speak for its self. There’s also very little colour on the book, a bright red for the Nazi symbol creates this strong impact to the audience.

This book cover design is very inspirational. The way the typography is positioned on the book is very effective, I like how there’s very little on the page this gives the audience a focus on what to look at. The book is mostly typography designed; what’s unique about this book is the cover itself. The type is presented vertical on the page.

This is another book cover that’s inspired me. What’s unique about this book is that the illustration and the type are combined to make an illustration. The title of the book is ‘oil’ the typography is designed to look like oil; this gives this personal feeling to the book. There’s very little on the page I like how the type is centered on the page.