Studio Brief 02 - Covered: Brief

Brief title: “Covered”
Undertake research to uncover a notable ‘thinker’ – a theorist or philosopher – whose concepts or views resonate with you. While not an exhaustive list, you could, for example, consider any of the following:

Adorno
Aristotle
Barthes
Baudrillard
Benjamin
Butler
Chomsky
Confucius
Deleuze
Derrida
Descartes
Foucault
Freud
Haraway
Lacan
Marx
McLuhan
Mulvey
Nietzsche
Plato
Rousseau
Sartre
Schopenhauer
Spinoza
Žižek


Following your initial engagement, locate one publication that documents the work of your chosen thinker and develop a design for a book cover that capably communicates something about its content. 

Your submission is in two parts:
• An A4 poster print of your proposed cover that is produced using a process of your choice. This should be limited to two colours plus stock.

• A completed jacket design including front, back and spine complete with blurb, publisher logos, ISBN numbers, etc. Again, reflecting some of the constraints in book publishing, this should also be a two colour (plus stock) design.

For design inspiration, you could investigate the work of:

Richard Amsel

Phil Baines

Jonathan Barnbrook

Ana Boavida

Saul Bass

Rodrigo Corral

Germano Facetti

Bill Gold

Andrea Guinn

Carol Hayes (http://www.boldextended.com)

Jessica Hische

Chip Kidd

Claudia Klat

Peter Koch

Russell Maret

Enid Marx

Peter Mendelsund

Olly Moss

Jason Munn

Patrick Nowell-Smith

David Pearson

Christopher Sergio

Sroop Sunar

Helen Yentus

Background / Considerations
Think visually, explore both literal and lateral responses. Explore working with text and image, both combined and separately. Consider the various techniques and processes that are available to you and their suitability for conveying or reenforcing the ideas that you are trying to communicate.


Mandatory Requirements
Two Colour print plus stock for completed designs.

Deliverables
Final printed A4 poster and digital print of final completed book jacket design.

Two design boards which provide a condensed overview of your research, process and design decisions.

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