OUGD504 - The Cover

Cover Ideas

For the front cover the concept is to use the lines that have been used within the book as a minimalist design on the front, with the title placed between these. The brief asked for an elegant, modern and classy feel so the minimal nature of the book will create a  contemporary feel to the publication.

It was decided that in order to reflect the road and beach, both gold and black were to be used on the front of the book. The black would represent the colour of the tarmac on the road, whilst a bobbly texture would reflect the grittiness of its surface. The use of gold to represent the beach creates the impression of an idealistic landscape. The use of the gold would also create the impression of wealth and expense and when combined with the black would create a classy feel to the design. The title would be right aligned to reflect the positioning of the headers within the book and the original link to Arabic scripture.

It was initially considered that the lines and text could be foiled onto the front cover however with the resources available it was said that this could have mixed results and wasn't very reliable. With this in mind and also that the front cover was the first thing that would be seen on the book, an alternative needed to be found that would be more precise.

Lasercutting the design would allow for precise and accurate cutting of the design. To combine the two colours, two pieces of card could be layered on top of one another, so when cut the card underneath could be seen.

It was also considered that the design could be embossed however this would mean that the design would simply be one colour of card which would make both the letters and lines subtle in their look. 

For the design as a whole lasercutting the cover seemed like the most appropriate production method as this would allow for extreme accuracy allowing me to cut out the details within the line and text cleanly. This combined with the layering of card would allow multiple colours to be used within the design as well. The laser cutter also has other functions such as rastering which could be useful to experiment with.