It might be a bit of a stretch calling this a “round”. It’s one cover.

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Tonight I bring you the second of three developments with the potential to become my final book jackets. These designs are much more simple and stripped back than the other two but I am quite fond of them.

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After months of studying and working out the little technicalities of my book covers, I’ve finally started doing the fun stuff… designing book covers.

I have three concepts for the project and this is the first. The idea is strong typography laid out over a photograph which in some way relates to the content of the book.

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All week I’ve been doing the boring bits of book design (with I’ve quite enjoyed). I’ve been working out the format, the size, the dimensions, the cover copy and so forth for my new collection of Irvine Welsh book jackets and it finally feels as though these covers are becoming a reality. There are, unfortunately no decent sketches or developed visuals to speak of yet though, I just wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts on my chosen book size.

I’m roughly going for Demy Octavo which has the proportions of 8(3/4)” by 5(5/8)”. The dimensions make for a rather slim hardback book, here’s an example of the size.

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That’s me away to finally start my Honours Project. I finished my two entries to this year’s Penguin Design Award this week and it’s time to move on. I’d like to get my covers for Perfume and Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland online eventually but I’d be foolish to post them up before the competition’s closing date so they’re going to stay locked in my deskside drawer for the next couple of months. Not really locked to be honest, I doubt anyone is that bothered.

I’ve also taken down the Portfolio section of the site for now, leaving just this here blog. I wasn’t too happy with the old design/layout/navigation but I don’t have time to russle up something else at the moment. It’ll probably be Degree Show time before I get something else up. Earlier would be nice but I’m not holding my breath.

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