![]() Jeffrey Nguyen on designing Galloway's Justice. ![]() I try to create a cover that can sit within its genre while being striking and unique. I wanted the use of integrated photography, lettering, and illustration to make a compelling design. ![]() I chose to create an empty silhouette shape on top of a photograph to portray a missing piece. Designers who succeed often play it against the cover typography (as in David Nicholls’ Us) or make the silhouette itself exceedingly arresting (as in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian.)įor Galloway’s Justice, it was important to convey a mysterious tone and the idea of a missing girl. It’s so common that it can be tough to make it original these days. That said, you could say that the silhouette is a victim of its own nebulous triumph. Who wouldn’t glimpse a shadowy figure and automatically go, “Who’s THAT?” There’s a reason why it’s so ubiquitous on covers: it’s really, really effective at getting a reader’s attention. Cover designs by (from left to right, top to bottom): Joel Tippie, Christopher Brand, Alison Forner, Jeffrey Nguyen, Jarrod Taylor, Lynn Buckley.Īh, the silhouette. ![]()
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