Book Cover

The goal of this assignment was to create a book cover for a book related to our academic interests; I find product design and material culture fascinating, so Emotional Design by Don Norman was a natural choice. Choice and everyday use are integral aspects of Emotional Design, which I thought could be easily recognized by any passerby in a cluttered cupboard. I wanted to articulate the book's focus on choice, material, and an object being "perfect" for an individual, representing all those concepts via someone's favorite mug. I expressed the "perfection" in initial sketches with knolling, but chose to instead use color as an articulatory tool to help the rest of the cover seem more realistic, and better match the message of the book.