Kidney for Sale by Owner

Kidney for Sale by Owner

Salamander Hill Design, Elgin, Quebec, 2005

Description

Sometimes you get a title for a book that is so strong, it really steers you toward the final concept. Making the cover look like a classified ad fits the title perfectly. If this book had been titled The Marketing of Human Organs, this solution obviously would not have worked.

Juror Notes

We’ve seen this classified as idea, what, thousands of times. Yes, it works very nicely here because of the title surprise.

Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2005
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book cover

Credits

Design firm
Salamander Hill Design
Jacket designer
David Drummond
Photographer
David Drummond
Production coordinator
Deborah Weiner
Author
Mark J. Cherry
Trim size
6 x 9 inches
Typefaces
Trade Gothic, Grotesque
Jacket printer
Edwards Brothers
Paper
80 lb. Enamel
Publisher/client
Georgetown University Press
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