Designer: Fwis

title: A Plain Account of Christian Perfection

A Plain Account of Christian Perfection

We’ve been wondering how (or whether) to post our own book covers as they get published. I can neatly sidestep that stickiness due to the fact that I had nothing to do with this particular project.

Relevant Books’ Foundations of Faith is a collection of classics of Christian philosophy. Obviously the line is a little inspired by the Penguin Great Ideas collection, though it also reminds me of the Canongate Bible that was published almost a decade ago.

— , 2006-08-01 08:05:00 -0400

excellent cover! what’s with the newsvine logo though?

— , 2006-08-01 11:01:00 -0400

Nice graphic, so tell me what it has to do with “Christian Perfection?” Look at the other books below that, they have nothing to do with the titles. I think the covers could have been done with more research.

— , 2006-08-01 11:54:00 -0400

I agree, they’re definitely beautiful, but I don’t get what they have to do with their titles.

— Alvin , 2006-08-01 18:14:00 -0400

These look great and all the better because they knocked that awful Sabriel cover of the top slot; I’ve had the site set as my home page since I found it but was seriously considering changing it. That “label” graphic is lovely but I agree, an explanation would be helpful.

— Richard Weston , 2006-08-01 22:39:00 -0400

harsh!

Unfortunately I am not too familiar with any of these books and can’t comment, all I can say is that Ben and Chris take High Concept very seriously. Guess I have some heavy reading ahead…

— , 2006-08-02 08:26:00 -0400

I’m in Mozambique on a 2kps connection right now (no seriously), so you’ll have to excuse me if I opt out of posting a lengthy response since it’s around $3 per minute on this thing. But as soon as I get back (monday), I’ll be sure to post a good explanation as to why the covers look the way they do.

I can assure you all that we did quite a bit of research, read all the books, and acted accordingly.

— Ben , 2006-08-02 08:40:00 -0400

They each have to do with the contents, rest assured. For example, John Wesley was known for preaching directly from the back of his horse, from town to town. These are classics so read the Relevant version or consult your friendly wikipedia article for more info on each author; they’re important contributors to Western thought, not just Christian philosophy.

— , 2006-08-02 10:28:00 -0400

On first glance I ‘get’ the visual tie in for Foundations, Sermon Archive, and Orthodoxy right away. The horse one is striking, at least.

— , 2006-08-03 03:57:00 -0400

i hope ben’s explanation is better than chris’

— john , 2006-08-05 02:30:00 -0400

it’s refreshing to see book covers for this genre that don’t involve glowing religious symbols and a doe-eyed jesus. it actually makes me interested in them, when i’d normally run screaming from anything with “christian” on it.

— jaclyn , 2006-08-07 13:07:00 -0400

I love the design on Christian Perfection the most, but they are all refreshingly nice and new. The tag thing that is carried through on all the books seems out of place on all of them. There had to be a unifiying feature to tie the series in together that worked better then that.

— , 2006-08-28 16:04:00 -0400

seeing the thumbnail, i thought that was a fly on the cover / i must be tripping.

— , 2006-11-09 13:10:00 -0500

I can see their relevances, especially in the Pascal books. They’re lovely and some of my favorites on this site.

— Meredith , 2006-11-30 14:59:00 -0500

excellent work on the “handbook” and “perfection” – did FWIS design the cover for “god is here” as well? cos its a gorgeous nod to morris louis’ work.

— James Kingsley , 2006-12-02 05:48:00 -0500

you need more pictures of books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

— , 2007-03-27 13:47:00 -0400

Some of my favourite book covers, period.

— Luke Tonge , 2007-04-14 06:37:00 -0400

can anyone explain the “newsvinish” logo? im really curious to its meaning.

— , 2007-06-11 10:59:00 -0400

very good

— , 2008-04-19 07:30:00 -0400

these are funny cause the make me giggle inside

— , 2008-09-26 04:35:00 -0400

I thought that the horse might have represented freedom, it being black and white and plain might show common population or common beleifs and values. The spikey coloured thing around it looks as though it is trapping it, trying to force it to do somthing diffrent, this could be the christian religion. This is just what I got on first glance, but then I do like reading things into pictutes, please tell me if I’m wrong!

— Lilliput , 2008-10-28 02:08:00 -0400

this is so pretty

— , 2008-12-19 05:48:00 -0500