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