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Design Category
Book design, 2000
Design firm
HarperCollins Publishers (New York, New York)
Collection
(2001) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2000
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Due to the “collection” nature of this book, it was challenging to create a feel for the poetry without defining a specific genre of poems. I wanted to create a modern cover to introduce this collection as poetry of our modern world. In order to keep it from seeming dated, I chose the sans serif and placed it in a classic format. It needed to feel organic like a poem, thus the scribble and color shift throughout the cover.