Saturday, November 6, 2010

New York Art Book Fair

After browsing through many of the exhibitors websites I picked out a few book cover designs that I found particularly interesting to me.





I very much enjoyed the simplicity of this design and the artist's ability to only show the bare minimum for the text to still be understood. There is also something about the stark black/white contrast that is very eye-catching.






This one caught my eye because of the collage aspect of the design. It uses many items that have a "cut-out" look to them and placed strategically to create an interesting design that your eye moves through. Also, the choice of having the person in the picture be completely colorless makes an interesting statement.




This one I found particularly interesting because it has an extremely symmetrical design which often is not incredibly interesting to the viewer. However, I think that the immense amount of texture brings a in interesting quality to the cover and gives it a distressed appearance possibly implying a history to the book that the reader has a desire to discover.




I enjoyed the square shape of this book cover setting it apart from the typical "book shape" of a rectangle. Also, it is an incredibly simple and clean design which is something I very much enjoy.

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If you would like to check out some more great pieces of book art check out: http://nyartbookfair.com/exhibitors