For this brief I
redesigned the cover for the non-fiction book Freakonomics, a rogue economist
explores the hidden side of everything. On whole I am happy with the final
outcome. On of the strengthens is that I think that the concept behind the
cover is imaginative. In the brief it states how the judges are looking for an
imaginative design. Inspired by the tagline of the book I wanted part of the
book to be hidden. This is when I come up with the idea of need a mirror to
read the cover, allowing the reader to have to think about how they have to
read the cover, similar to how the author doesn't do everything simply and
straightforward. One of the disadvantages of the design is that I think it
looks too busy. The brief states how you have to include all of the text they
provide, which there was a lot of. I could have designed it my way I would have
used less text. I found it difficult to include a lot of text into my design,
as I didn't want it too look cluttered. Another problem I faced during this
project was that I didn't give myself enough time and I rushed at the end. I
underestimated how long it would take to design a book cover and I took longer
than I expected. In the future I will insure that I always give myself plenty
of time and try not to underestimate things.
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