Category Archives: books + book covers

lulu new id+site

lulu marketing

branding development + identity system + responsive website + collateral Breathing fresh life into a communications studio with a dynamic brand language and open call to ignite and incite collaboration. The site design is built to be responsive to device and touch, with multiple native … Read More

seven rivers of canada : concept covers

seven rivers of canada

book jacket design The 1967 classic by Hugh McLennan. Original book shown on right. Above, some of the cover concept range. Production cover currently in development. strategy / concept / direction / design / typography / illustration  

threads : cover concepts

threads : the fabric of life

illustrated book A thoughtful and richly communicated journey across time, trade and culture; wordsand photography by two National Geographic veterans, Nina Hyde and Cary Wolynsky, and a forward by Issey Miyake. Interior designed with priorities for sale at the Frankfurt Book Fair and international production limitations, … Read More

pandora's nature : book jacket

pandora’s nature

book jacket design A novel dealing with dualism in the human condition. Sometimes complexity is as comforting as simplicity. concept / direction / design / typography / illustration

sherlock holmes anthology : book jacket

sherlock holmes anthology

book jacket design The complete anthology of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring one of the greatest literary characters in history; this is a classic revisited. The respectful thought was to pursue an atypical conceptual vector and attempt to move the icon forward a century or two, without … Read More

cbi : illustrated book spreads

cape breton island

illustrated book Spread concepts and organization from a book about the physical, cultural and historical mosaic that is Cape Breton Island. In progress. concept / direction / design / photography

hotsauce : book cover

hotsauce

Initial cover concepts for a book about the hot sauce culture, specifically in the U.S. Typography in some concepts was left unrefined for purposes of client presentation. Circa 2003. concept / direction / design / typography / illustration

various book covers

various book covers

Left: an historical refresh and reprint. Right: two poetry books. concept / direction / design / illustration / typography