- After the crit I knew that I wanted to explore both of my ideas further so that I could choose a final design from one of the two. I had a vision of the notebook cover being simultaneously neat and crumpled, so that it could fit the style that I wanted to achieve while still communicating the idea of a beaten textbook. I wanted to visually convey the idea that Bryson struggled with science at school without being too literal, i.e. using an obviously crumpled textbook. I like how in this design the idea is subtle, the crumples only noticeable when you look close at the back and front cover labels. This idea is also subtle referenced through the typeface used for the title - H K Gothic, a 1950s American typeface. The Smile in The Mind element of making a play on something familiar also links back to my earlier research and, in y opinion, is more desirable to Penguin.
Tweaks I want to make:
- The grid on the back cover could be ever so slightly rotated so that it looks like it's been stuck on incorrectly / carelessly
- I want to re-write the reviewers names on the back cover as they were rushed
- Perfect the layout of the body text on the back cover
- Rotate the small piece of masking tape so that it isn't so close to the edge
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