April 11, 2012

Design Files: Black + White Book Covers

Who says you need colour to make a book cover attractive and eye catching?
The covers below illustrate the power of black and white. Their use of contrast and typography coupled with clever concepts make them clear winners in my book.

Designed by David Drummond 
Published by McGill-Queen's University Press


Designed by Doogie Horner 
Published by Quirk Books


Designed by Emily Harwood Blass 
Published by Random House


Designed by Gregg Kulick 
Published by Harper Perennial


Designed by Henry Sene Yee 
Published by Picador


Designed by Isaac Tobin 
Published by University of Chicago Press


Designed by Isaac Tobin 
Published by University of Chicago Press


Designed by John Gall 
Published by Knopf Books


Designed by Sarah Rainwater 
Published by Continuum


Designed by Susanne Dean 
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt


Designed by Barbara deWilde 
Published by Picador


2 comments:

  1. Love the cover for "Obssesion - a history". Some of these books seem to have dark subjects. Suppose B&W brings out that side.

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