Trade Paperback Edition: Gulliver's Travels
PROJECT BRIEF
Next November 30th will mark the 350th birthday of Jonathan Swift, widely regarded as the greatest prose satirist in the English language, and a call for the redesign a cover for a new trade paperback edition of Swift's masterpiece, Gulliver's Travels.
concept
The image explores a classic passage detailing the years of barbarity and stupidity which stem from two monarch’s disagreement over which end of a hard-boiled egg is the more appropriate end to break.
SPECS
Typefaces Used: Knockout
Paper Stock: Red River 50lb Matte Polar
Dimensions: 5.32 in x 8.51 in
Production: Printed via 6 color inkjet process
AWARDS
2016 Adobe Design Achievement Awards
Print Design | Semifinalist
2016 Flux Student Design Competition
Publication Design | AIGA Blue Ridge | Frederick, Maryland
CIVILWARLAND: IN BAD DECLINE
PROJECT BRIEF
Redesign a cover for a trade paperback edition of Civil War Land in Bad Decline: Stories and a Novella, with a solution interpreted from the content and/or style of the novel and/or the author.
CONCEPT
Within the satirical stories which make up the book, Civilwarland is an immersive history theme park in a dystopian future. Elite “normals” and mutant employees seek respite and transformation within flawed and jingoistic depictions of the past.
SPECS
Typefaces Used: Six Caps, Abril Text
Paper Stock: Red River 60lb Matte Polar
Dimensions:
Cover: 5.32 in x 8.51 in
Spine: .5 in x 8.51 in
Flaps: 3.5 in x 8.51 in
Production: Printed via 6 color inkjet process
Photographer: Self
