We made the decision to go for a minimalist and simple look and feel where typography played the main role. First I designed a logotype for the publisher which I called “Latinta” which is the combination of the words latino and tinta. For the covers I used color as a way of representing the novels. Red for war, begie color for the people, black & white for luxury, and purple for magic.

• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy:

We used an old style serif typeface to represent the historical and traditional. Use the symbol of a bear claw to represent Russia.

•Los Miserables by Victor Hugo:

We went for a sans humanist typeface to represent the people and the industrial revolution times. I used a translucent silhouette of a man in a hat to represent Madeleine

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald:

We used an italic didot typeface to evoke the luxury, elegance and dynamics of the interaction of the characters of the novel. As a small symbol I used the silhouette of a collar and a tie to represent Gatsby.

• Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain:

We went for Paul Renner’s Futura typeface to represent modernism, also I slanted the letters a bit to create the sense of floating in time-space as well as magical things. I used 4-pointed stars as a symbol to create the feeling that the text was magical.

Expertise:

Typhography Selection, Graphic Design, 3D modeling,

Tools:

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Cinema 4D.

Keywords:

Books - Typography - Book Covers - Editorial Design