Futurepoem is a not-for-profit publishing collaborative dedicated to presenting innovative contemporary poetry, prose and multigenre works of literature. The design challenge for this book was twofold. Overall, we want the whole press to seem like a family, where the quality of a Futurepoem book distinguishes the press in the marketplace. But we also want the book to encapsulate uniquely the spirit of the author’s work. This makes the process collaborative between designer, author and publisher. For this book, initial conversations and a close reading of the manuscript determined the atmosphere and tone that was carried through and eventually reflected in the final iteration.

The success of this simple hand-drawn cover extends beyond the cover to the spine and back ad: all of a piece.