love this, especially with the examples. ‘visual flattening’ such a spot-on phrase. so much of design right now is a lack of risk for fear of people’s reaction (aka keyboard critiques), but book covers should, as you said like great art, invoke thought and intrigue and maybe a little weirdness
This is such an astute observation, beautifully articulated and documented, that gives life to a particular ennui I've been feeling toward book art lately!
love this, especially with the examples. ‘visual flattening’ such a spot-on phrase. so much of design right now is a lack of risk for fear of people’s reaction (aka keyboard critiques), but book covers should, as you said like great art, invoke thought and intrigue and maybe a little weirdness
This is such an astute observation, beautifully articulated and documented, that gives life to a particular ennui I've been feeling toward book art lately!
This is an amazing post! You learn something new every day.
Thank you!
A similar situation is going on with cookbook covers these days!
YES.