This cover is such a good example of concept as selling point. The aesthetic itself is really not that memorable or striking, but the combination of the portrait of a black man with this particular title is going to pull any casual viewer in for a closer read.
This point is made even more obvious when compared to the ho-hum redesign for the paperback edition.
I also love how Gall forces you to consider the portrait by placing the photo between the words of the title.
this is so weird, because i at first had thought it was chip kidd, but finding it was john gall, i wonder if chip found his inspiration for his jacket for ‘The Last Modernist,’ from this…
wow, totally geeked out there, but i’m a design student and am so into these guys. (drool) alright, Lauren, put down the wine…
ps i don’t mean, ‘inspiration’ per sey, because obviously there is enough inspiration in the books themselves, but more that i wonder if sub-consciously chip was influenced by gall.
This cover is such a good example of concept as selling point. The aesthetic itself is really not that memorable or striking, but the combination of the portrait of a black man with this particular title is going to pull any casual viewer in for a closer read.
This point is made even more obvious when compared to the ho-hum redesign for the paperback edition.
I also love how Gall forces you to consider the portrait by placing the photo between the words of the title.
— Ben Pieratt, 2005-10-18 18:45:00
would like to find John Gall—to discuss cover design
— revdr juliana james, 2006-12-19 14:07:00
this is so weird, because i at first had thought it was chip kidd, but finding it was john gall, i wonder if chip found his inspiration for his jacket for ‘The Last Modernist,’ from this…
wow, totally geeked out there, but i’m a design student and am so into these guys. (drool) alright, Lauren, put down the wine…
— lauren cameron, 2007-04-13 20:12:00
ps i don’t mean, ‘inspiration’ per sey, because obviously there is enough inspiration in the books themselves, but more that i wonder if sub-consciously chip was influenced by gall.
— lauren cameron, 2007-04-13 20:24:00
Awesome.
— C-Dog, 2007-05-09 20:33:00